An autonomous submarine named Ran discovers strange structures under the Dotson Ice Shelf in Antarctica, before mysteriously disappearing.

Over two and a half years, the robot traveled more than 300 kilometers beneath the Denman and Shackleton Ice Sheets. It ...

A lone robotic float has just achieved something no human, ship, or sensor array has ever managed. For two-and-a-half years, an Argo float equipped with temperature and salinity sensors drifted ...

A study published Monday finds parts of Antarctica's ice shelves are expected to melt in the coming years, no matter how much progress is made to slash greenhouse emissions and mitigate global warming ...

Like a magnifying glass on an anthill, excessive emissions from burning fossil fuels is melting the Antarctic ice sheet. The faster it liquefies, the more we're faced with the dire prospect of extreme ...

The Antarctic Ice Sheet gained mass between 2021 and 2023, a dramatic reversal from decades of loss. Four key glacier basins in East Antarctica showed significant growth due to increased snowfall. The ...

Alarming new research shows that the massive East Antarctica ice sheet is already a major contributor to sea-level rise. An aerial view of the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf, in Antarctica, in 2017.

A new university-led study with NASA participation finds ancient Antarctica was much warmer and wetter than previously suspected. The climate was suitable to support substantial vegetation — including ...

Oct. 4 (UPI) --The Antarctic is rapidly greening due to climate change global warming, according to a new study Friday from the British Antarctic Survey and the universities of Exeter and ...