Antarctica

Scientists got their first up-close look at what’s eating away part of Antarctica’s Thwaites ice shelf. The findings were published in two studies in Wednesday’s journal Nature.

The Florida-sized glacier got its nickname because of how much ice it has and how much seas could rise if it all melts.

A diplomatic row at the bottom of the world is playing out between the normally allied U.S. and U.K. governments in response to provocations from Russia. The feud could lead to an import ban on Patagonian toothfish, also known as Chilean sea bass

Parts of Antarctica Friday hit 70 degrees warmer than normal.

Scientists say they have found the sunken wreck of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance, more than a century after it was lost to the Antarctic ice

Teams of scientists sailing to Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier, are having trouble getting there

The ocean around Antarctica is doing its best to help Earth’s atmosphere, and it turns out it’s doing a better job than previously thought. A new NASA-sponsored study says the Southern Ocean is a very effective “carbon sink,” meaning the water absorbs much more carbon from the air than it releases. Researcher Matthew Long explains more about the...

Ice scientists say they worry most about the Thwaites glacier in Antarctica and how much the melting ice shelf can add to already rising seas.

From Europe to Asia to the depths of Antarctica, here’s how Christmas is celebrated in nine places around the world — and one place that orbits around the world.