Researchers have proposed a groundbreaking plan to install an 80-kilometer underground curtain to protect the West Antarctic ...

The link between declining CO2 levels in the earth's atmosphere and the formation of the Antarctic ice caps some 34 million years ago has been confirmed for the first time in a major research study.

Camille Seaman is a photographer who has been documenting climate change in the polar regions. Over the years, she’s witnessed firsthand the drastic effects of climate change, and hopes to merge ...

Shailesh Nayak, director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies, said climate change is a major factor impacting the melting of Antarctic ice caps and rising sea levels in the region.

seawater freezes onto the ice shelf's underside hundreds of meters below the surface. Antarctic icebergs captured from space. In this region of Antarctica, the Lambert Glacier extends from the ...

YOKOHAMA--Japan’s first Arctic research vessel now under construction here will be capable of smashing through sea ice up to 1.2 meters thick to reach the northern polar region to study sea ...

to travel the more than 1,800 miles between the ship's home base of Hobart on the island state of Tasmania and the Casey research center located on the perch of a large Antarctic ice cap ...