Aside from the obvious problems of melting Antarctic ice, this problem of hidden volcanoes becoming active could spell ...

Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...

Our 21-day expedition cruise on the Seabourn Pursuit came with excursions throughout Antarctica, Falkland Islands, and ...

Crevasses are widening faster as meltwater drives fissures deeper into the ice and lubricates the base of glaciers, ...

The moon may still be geologically active, judging from the way the lunar far side is wrinkling as the moon contracts. At ...

Discover why Antarctica is the driest continent on Earth, with an average annual precipitation of just 50 millimetres.

A few fossilized body parts hinted at an enigmatic bird's close ties to waterfowl like ducks and geese. A newfound skull may bolster that idea.

For centuries, we have been taught that there are seven continents, but new research has suggested there are actually only ...

Long, however, before the publication of the “Origin of Species,” its author had achieved a foremost place in the ranks of the cultivators of geological science; nor must it be forgotten that ...

I n the McMurdo Sound region of Antarctica, there lives a species of sponge known as the giant volcano sponge ( Anoxycalyx ...

Geology is broadly the study of the Earth and other planets, moons, and smaller planetary bodies. Fields of geology range from the initial formation and differentiation of the Earth to modern ...