"What if the iron stones were warming up to the point where they would actually melt the glacial ice beneath them and sink ...

When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – “ancient water, carbon, and microbial life return to the surface to shape and change the world.” ...

with dating of the rocks underlying the drilled core possibly determining exactly when this region of Antarctica was ice-free for the last time. The 2800-metre ice core samples will now be ...

In fact, the research showed that vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than tenfold over the last four decades. “The landscape is still almost entirely dominated by snow, ...

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...

In recent years, it has become painfully evident that Earth is losing ice. Greenland's ice is shrinking, at a rate of 270 billion tons per year. And Antarctica is losing its ice, too, at a rate of ...