Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier stunned scientists by retreating eight kilometers in just two months, with nearly half of it ...

The United States listed emperor penguins as an endangered species in 2022 because multiple studies project large population losses, to near-extinction, this century under continued warming. About a ...

Mining is banned on the frozen continent. But new research suggests that could change as ice melts and land and valuable minerals are exposed.

A shifting of Earth’s poles, referred to as ‘True Polar Wander,” combined with the sinking of tectonic plates during the Cenozoic Era, altered the planet’s interior, with rising hot mantle material ...

The data reveals bright auroras shaped by the planet’s tilted magnetic field and confirm that Uranus is still gradually ...

This activity will show children, on a small scale, what happens when global warming causes icebergs to melt in the sea. Sandra Beale explains ...

Researchers reporting in Nature Climate Change conclude that several Antarctic ice drainage basins may already be committed ...

Higher emissions could trigger collapsing ice shelves and rising sea levels in Antarctica, while lower emissions limit ...

If Northern Hemisphere snow cover keeps reaching the same general highs and lows year after year, that reinforces climate stability. If snow cover instead changes over the long term, the change nudges ...

“Imagine doing a CT scan of the whole Earth, but we don’t have X-rays like we do in a medical office,” said Forte in a ...

Scientists have mapped over 300 hidden submarine canyons beneath Antarctica, revealing ocean pathways that may speed up ice ...

Scientists have mapped Antarctica’s possible climate futures, revealing how rising emissions could shrink sea ice, threaten ...