The extracted ice block is six million years old, towards the end of the Miocene epoch, and can help to understand the planet ...

Scientists uncover how a flat seabed triggered Hektoria Glacier’s record collapse, offering new warnings for Antarctica’s ice ...

As Midwinter Day comes to Antarctica –- the darkest day of the year –- those spending the winter on the frozen continent will follow a tradition dating back more than a century to the earliest days of ...

Researchers have found 6 million-year-old ice in the Allan Hills region of Antarctica and say the oldest-of-its-kind sample ...

ANTARCTICA (WKRC) - Scientists recently discovered amber fragments that suggest the snow-covered continent of Antarctica could have once been a lush jungle. The idea that Antarctica once looked like ...

Picture Antarctica today and what comes to mind? Large ice floes bobbing in the Southern Ocean? Maybe a remote outpost populated with scientists from around the world? Or perhaps colonies of penguins ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Daniella McCahey, Texas Tech University (THE CONVERSATION) As Midwinter Day approaches ...

Antarctica has moved to “the front of the line” as a global warming threat that’s already well beyond expectations, and it’s ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Antarctica pact partners have set up a new protected geological site on the frozen continent in a bid to preserve rare minerals that could shed light on the region's history and ...

Is this visitor to Antarctica going crazy or having a good time? Tim Bieber/Photodisc via Getty Images As Midwinter Day approaches in Antarctica – the longest and darkest day of the year – those ...