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 ...

The NSF is beginning an operational retreat from Antarctica. Both the aging U.S. facilities and the research itself are ...

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 ...

Antarctica gets so cold that if you throw boiling water into the air, it will instantly freeze and create a cloud of ice crystals. Millions of years ago, Antarctica had a much warmer climate, with ...

The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they ...