A trip to Antarctica might feel less like crossing the ocean and more like crossing the galaxy, but what happens there ...

While the Statue of Liberty may not be submerged, low-lying places like Ellis Island could be underwater. By 2100, sea-level ...

Beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean, vast volumes of cold, dense water plunge off the Antarctic continental shelf, cascading down underwater cliffs to the ocean floor thousands of meters below.

Michael Smith wrote the definitive biography of Tom Crean. He has now captured the explorer's life in a graphic novel ...

The "Blue Marble" was the first photo of the whole Earth and the only ever taken by a human. Fifty years on, new images of the planet reveal visible changes to the Earth's surface.

Accomplishing this will be hard at a time when some world powers are hampering research in the region. Scientists need to ...

An overlooked Antarctic water system could raise sea levels by more than 2 meters by 2300, computer simulations show.

Xuelong 2, one of the ships from China's 41st Antarctic expedition team, departs on a nearly seven-month mission to ...

Earth's geographic North and South poles are at risk of shifting from their position by as much as 90 feet due to climate ...

Fairuz Ishraque, a Bangladeshi scientist, recently journeyed to the icy continent of Antarctica, where he spent 69 days conducting research in the Allan Hills, a notable group of hills in the region.

Ice plays a crucial role for the earth and as it reaches key tipping points, it's critical that business leaders understand ...