Antarctica is the world's great cooling unit. This vital part of Earth's climate system is largely powered by the annual ...

Also known by its scientific - and less exciting - name, Thwaites Glacier, the glacier floats at the northern edge of the ...

The fourth Antarctic campaign of the Beyond EPICA-Oldest Ice project has achieved a historic milestone this week, by successfully drilling a 2800-metre-long ice core, consisting of ice from the ...

"The melting of ice cores is a big issue." Scientists make chilling discovery hidden deep within centuries-old ice cores: 'We ...

The domestically built Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, which took part in China's 41st Antarctic expedition, initially departed ...

Antarctic research has received a new boost thanks to a novel new technique providing new insights into how the paleoclimate ...

It's difficult to overstate just how surprisingly early to the party this water may have been. “This suggests that water, the ...

In 1941, as it entered the second world war, the US Army barely bested Bulgaria’s for size and combat readiness. Nor did US ...

Learn more about why understanding how life works in the deep sea is crucial to understanding the entire planet, and that’s never been more important.

A forgotten 1831 volcanic blast on Soviet Simushir Island may explain a century-old climate mystery—unseen, unrecorded, and ...

Decades have passed since the start of the fight against climate change and the one vital objective remains the same: ...

“We’re focused on continental shelves, the underwater extensions of land masses. They go down to about 200 metres, which means the entirety of the Arabian Gulf is continental shelf,” said Prof Roberts ...