Headlines about melting ice sheets usually focus on what is lost and then move on. What comes next is often overlooked, even ...

Like all glaciers, Thwaites is made of solid ice, but as gravity pulls it toward sea level, it moves like a thick, heavy ...

Flat Earth theories have circulated for years, but a recent post adds another element to the theory – a claim that the world is surrounded by an ice wall. An Oct. 29 Instagram post includes a photo of ...

In the past, when West Antarctica melted, there was a rapid uptick in onshore geological activity in the area.

The continent’s ice is melting and raising sea levels worldwide. Our journalists will be sending regular dispatches as they ...

Eric Pōmaikaʻi Gee, a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa sophomore, Waikōloa native and graduate of Kealakehe High School on the Big Island, recently returned from a 2-week expedition in Antarctica.

Antarctica remains the only continent without a case COVID-19. Now nearly 1,000 scientists and others, who stayed there while the entire world faced the pandemic, are attempting to make sure incoming ...

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Even the most remote place on Earth is beginning to crumble as the planet’s warming woes continue. When British Antarctic survey scientist Peter Fretwell spoke at the SCAR biology symposium in ...

Maps of Antarctica date back to when Roman geographer and astronomer Ptolemy envisioned a land in the southern hemisphere to counterbalance that in the north to satisfy an ancient sense of proportion.

This was Day 2 of the Great World Race, a grueling test of mental and physical stamina in which participants vie to complete ...

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