Research uncovered a massive hidden factor driving Antarctic ice loss — but also provides a potential solution.

The study was conducted on the Dotson Ice Shelf, located on a floating extension of Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier.

Beneath West Antarctica’s Dotson Ice Shelf, scientists have mapped a hidden landscape—vast, teardrop-shaped patterns etched into the ice by ocean motion. What they found could sharpen ... Continue Rea ...

The icy world of Antarctica might not be enticing to us, but it's bustling with microscopic life. Scientists recently got a detailed glimpse at the genetics of a diverse range of microorganisms hidden ...

A new study has experts warning of the dire consequences for the Antarctic if drastic action to reduce harmful emissions at a global scale isn't taken.

Penguins walking across sea ice by a large iceberg in front of Thwaites Ice Shelf, a large, unstable mass of ice that extends from the West Antarctic ice sheet into the sea. Most of the Earth’s fresh ...

(CNN) — Moonshot proposals to save the planet’s ice sheets, including giant underwater sea curtains and refreezing Arctic ice, are gaining popularity as the planet heats up. But none of the most ...

Anti-ICE protesters were captured on video rolling out a guillotine and clashing with police outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon. Footage that emerged ...

Around an hour after dawn on June 11, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents positioned themselves near a majority-Hispanic mobile home park outside Savannah. Two traffic stops and just a handful ...

This summer, the U.S. and much of the world have been pummeled by floods, fires and heat waves. Knowing what climate risks come next depends, to a large extent, on what happens in the most desolate ...

Konrad "Koni" Steffen was in his favorite place on Earth when he disappeared in August 2020. At 68, the pioneering scientist — who first sounded the alarm on how Greenland was raising sea levels ...