Captain James Cook's third and final attempt to sail south in search of the elusive Terra Australis was blocked by ...

NBC’s Chase Cain reports from Antarctica, where melting ice is accelerating sea level rise and disrupting global weather ...

One of the biggest challenges in predicting Antarctica's deeply uncertain future is understanding exactly what's driving its ...

When volcanic eruptions make headlines, the images often depict fiery lava and towering ash clouds. But beneath Antarctica’s ...

"But Antarctica is not an apolitical human paradise with untouched nature—a sort of continent for scientific inquiry alone.

Everyone knows Antarctica is cold and icy, but what's underneath the ice has been a mystery. Scientists used six decades' ...

Stanford researchers discovered that increased meltwater and rainfall account for 60% of the decades-long gap between ...

The Trump administration has placed a 10 percent “ reciprocal tariff ” on the Heard and McDonald Islands, which are external ...

Climate models have predicted that the ocean surrounding Antarctica should be warming, but new research shows that it's ...

An iceberg the size of Chicago broke off am Antarctic ice shelf to reveal a thriving ecosystem underneath, according to ...