A team of researchers led by Niccolò Maffezzoli, "Marie Curie" fellow at Ca' Foscari University of Venice and the University of California ...

Antarctica hides a world that’s both fascinating and a little eerie: entire ecosystems untouched by humans and rivers that ...

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, ...

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, ...

As the last Ice Age came to an end nearly 10,000 years ago, something unexpected happened deep beneath Earth’s surface. Large ...

Join us in the celebration with a chance to win a National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions cruise to Antarctica for two! Ever dreamt of gliding on a Zodiac around enormous icebergs of the ...

Imagine a world where all the land ice on Earth melts. It might sound like a scenario for a science fiction movie, but the possibility is becoming increasingly real due to the impacts of climate ...

Despite being overlooked down at the South Pole, Antarctica actually plays a large role in our world and you would notice if it was gone.

Antarctica’s winter sea ice usually forms a bright lid over millions of square ... “This upwelling helps to explain how the sea ice might melt. But as sea ice melts this leads to a freshening of the ...

However, many climate models predict accelerated ice melting which could once again modulate magma supply at nearby ridges and, indirectly, volcanic activity in places such as Iceland within the next ...

The findings could provide vital clues in understanding how climate change is affecting Antarctica today ... was merely a symptom of a quickly melting ice sheet - or whether the loss of these ...