East Antarctica’s Wilkes Land and Queen Mary Land region recorded 108 gigatons of average ice sheet mass gain per year from ...

Hidden beneath the Antarctic ice lies a system of lakes and watercourses. A research team, including ETH researchers, has for ...

Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep, on average — and ...

New research indicates that an Antarctic glacier can steal ice from a neighboring glacier, challenging long-held views on ice ...

The mysterious ‘ghost mountains’ – buried beneath kilometres of Antarctic ice – have puzzled scientists for decades.

Since 1958, the US has led on Antarctic diplomacy and science. Trump’s funding cuts will diminish US capacity in Antarctica ...

In a groundbreaking study published in The Cryosphere, scientists have revealed an astonishing phenomenon occurring in West ...

When viewed from space, a very rude glacier in Antarctica was caught stealing ice from its neighbor as it melted. In a new ...

We knew global warming meant there was less ice to go around, but we hadn’t realized things were this desperate.

High-resolution satellite observations reveal one huge glacier has been relentlessly pinching ice from its slower-moving ...

Learn how and why a glacier is committing “ice piracy” in Antarctica, and what it could mean for rising sea levels.