A fresh set of numbers is changing what scientists thought happens when a city‑sized slab of ice dissolves into the sea. The ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater near the surface could help explain some of the decrease in Antarctic sea ...

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A Baffling Signal Shot Up From Deep Within Earth’s Ice—and No One Knows What Caused It Could the signals be coming from particles previously unknown to physics?

For a neutrino to create these signals, it would need to travel through Earth's core and emerge from the Antarctic ice at a steep angle, which scientists say is an unlikely feat. While the 2014 signal ...

A mysterious ancient world which has been shielded from view out in the open for over 34 million years has recently been uncovered by scientists. It lies beneath a vast layer of ice in Antarctica, ...

They are animals adapted to snow.” Scientists have observed a reduction in Antarctica’s sea ice due to rising temperatures. Image courtesy of ICCE/Anderson Astor and Marcelo Curia.

The unusual radio pulses were detected by the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) experiment, a range of instruments flown on balloons high above Antarctica that are designed to detect radio ...