A hole appeared in Antarctica in 2017, leaving NASA scientists stumped. However, they soon learned that this was not the ...

A trip to Antarctica might feel less like crossing the ocean and more like crossing the galaxy, but what happens there ...

When a massive, black patch, known as a polynya, was spotted by NASA scientists for the first time, satellite operators were ...

For cinematographer Bertie Gregory and the National Geographic team that embedded around the Ekström Ice Shelf in order to ...

Just a few decades ago, the sky above Antarctica became a symbol of environmental crisis. Scientists had discovered a massive ...

While the Statue of Liberty may not be submerged, low-lying places like Ellis Island could be underwater. By 2100, sea-level ...

The algae that grows on patches of ice in Antarctica alters the albedo — or the ice's reflectivity — enough to make the ...

Just two years after Antarctic scientists discovered the hole in the ozone layer, the world banded together to solve the problem. Now, NASA says the ozone hole should fully heal within our lifetime.

In the end Hartigan made the journey — including the two days it took for her tour group’s ship to navigate the Drake Passage to Antarctica — on her own. Now her students are reaping the ...