Arctic sea-ice is currently at its smallest recorded extent for the time of year, while Antarctic sea-ice is close to a new ...

The Antarctic Ice Sheet is losing mass due to warmer air and water temperatures ... because small temperature differences can have large effects on the extent and thickness of sea ice. Animals that ...

By Newsbase Extreme winter warming event linked to a deep low-pressure system above Iceland WHAT: The North Pole has ...

On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic, on one of the northernmost points of land in the world, sits a small permanent seismic ...

There is an “icebreaker gap” between Russia and the United States. For decades, the Soviet Union and now Russia have ...

There is an ‘icebreaker gap’ between Russia and the United States. For decades, the Soviet Union and now Russia have ...

Social media posts sharing a graphic comparing sea ice levels in the Antarctic on the same date 45 years apart misrepresent ...

Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more ...

Buried several miles beneath East Antarctica's ice, Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth, rivaling ...

Extreme precipitation events in Antarctica, which are mostly dominated by snowfall due to sub-zero temperatures, also include rainfall, according to new research.

A 1550 square km (963 sq mi.) iceberg, designated A81 broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. A time-lapse of the 'calving ...