West Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" is on the brink of losing its ice shelf, further compromising the already melting ice ...

In just 15 months, Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier lost roughly 25 kilometers of grounded ice, about 15 miles, retreating ...

A new study suggests Antarctica’s ice sheet hit a climate tipping point about one million years ago, making it far more ...

A Florida student, Yara Souza, made a remarkable discovery of a 9th-century gold artifact during her first archaeological excavation in Northumberland. Uncovered within 90 minutes near the ancient ...

Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the seasonal growth and retreat of Antarctic sea ice – frozen seawater that expands around the continent each winter – appeared ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica Sanders covers climate justice and sustainability from the DMV. In April, I reported on the fight for Antarctica and the ...

For decades, scientists watched with a measure of quiet puzzlement as Antarctic sea ice stubbornly resisted the warming ...

For decades, it seemed Antarctica might be insulated from rapid ice melting, but then sea ice began to decline dramatically. Scientists say they have figured out why ...

Foreword / Prince Albert II of Monaco -- Preface / Paul Arthur Berkman [and others] -- Science as a tool of diplomacy. Building the international legal framework for Antarctica / Marie Jacobsson -- ...

The Australian government has officially ruled out cleaning up Antarctica's contaminated Wilkes Station before the end of the decade, as previously recommended by a federal parliamentary committee.

Antarctica is a tough place to work, for obvious reasons -- it's bitterly cold, remote, and wild. However, it's one of the best places in the world to hunt for meteorites. That's partly because ...