The collapse of the world’s second-largest ice sheet would drown cities worldwide. Is that ice more vulnerable than we know?

The population of emperor penguins in one part of Antarctica appears to be declining faster than previously thought, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery released June 10.

Beneath Antarctica’s vast, frozen surface may lie one of the greatest untapped oil deposits in human history—an estimated 500 billion barrels worth nearly $50 trillion. Yet despite this unimaginable ...

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In Antarctica, scientists using the ANITA experiment detected unusual radio signals emanating from within the Earth, defying ...

ANITA was placed in Antarctica because there is little chance of interference from other signals. To capture the emission ...

A balloon-borne experiment over Antarctica, designed to detect cosmic radio waves, has instead picked up bizarre signals that appear to be coming from deep within the ice. These signals challenge our ...

Glaciers melting rapidly, fields of moss expanding, water streaming off ice shelves once frozen solid: these are just a few ...

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A cosmic particle detector in Antarctica has detected a series of bizarre signals that defy the current understanding of ...

Using satellite images to survey colonies across the Antarctic Peninsula, the Weddell Sea and the Bellingshausen Sea, BAS ...