In 2022, an international team of scientists sent a 20-foot-long autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) named “Ran” to traverse ...

What happens when the world’s most frozen places start thawing at the same time? For decades, Antarctica seemed like the ...

Glaciers around the globe are melting at an alarming rate, and it’s not just causing sea levels to rise—it’s actually ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Daniel Merino, The Conversation and Gemma Ware, The Conversation (THE CONVERSATION) ...

Global warming is awakening sleeping giants of ice at the South Pole as glaciers start to flow faster and surface melting ...

Antarctica’s frozen stability is showing signs of unraveling under the pressure of global warming, with scientists observing ...

Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological ...

When Matthias Huss first visited Rhône Glacier in Switzerland 35 years ago, the ice was just a short walk from where his parents would park the car. "When I first stepped onto the ice... there [was] a ...

Earlier this year, personnel from the Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station found human remains on King George Island's Ecology Glacier. Now, DNA testing has confirmed that the body belongs to Dennis ...

It's concerning enough that glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica—including the infamous Doomsday Glacier—are melting at an accelerated rate, causing the ocean's great "conveyor belt" to pump the ...

Michael Van Woert, NOAA NESDIS, ORA. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce This view of the seaward edge of Antarctica’s floating ...

Glaciers and icebergs are distinct icy structures, differing in origin, structure, and behavior. Glaciers are massive, ...