Scientists to drill into Antarctica’s fragile ‘Doomsday Glacier’ that poses threat to world’s oceans - Researchers have never ...

A trip to Antarctica might feel less like crossing the ocean and more like crossing the galaxy, but what happens there impacts the world well beyond the coast — influencing weather patterns and food ...

Antarctica is the area of Earth with the coldest climate — a barren land where very few lifeforms can survive. One of two continents located entirely in the Southern hemisphere, Antarctica may seem ...

Scientists have unveiled the most comprehensive map yet of the hidden landscape beneath Antarctica's colossal ice sheet, revealing a vibrant topography of mountains, canyons, valleys, and plains, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Icebergs float past the HMCS Margaret Brooke near the Antarctic Circle, as the Arctic and offshore patrol vessel transits to ...

An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ice that is 130,000 years old. The goal of the French duo is to better ...

An ice core is something of a time capsule, containing the history of the Earth’s past atmosphere in a frozen climate archive ...

A new study finds that warming temperatures are causing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier, threatening some species with extinction by century's end.

A new study shows penguins are breeding earlier than ever in the Antarctic Peninsula. This region is one of the fastest-warming areas of the world due to climate change, and penguins time their ...