The Antarctic seafloor is one of the last truly unseen places on Earth, and the machines we send into that darkness are ...

A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s ...

When we think of global warming, what first comes to mind is the air: crushing heat waves that are felt rather than seen, ...

An autonomous submarine named Ran discovers strange structures under the Dotson Ice Shelf in Antarctica, before mysteriously disappearing.

Cracking, creaking ice at the bottom of the world is quietly shaping the future climate you live in. New research from ...

A sophisticated unmanned submarine transmitted valuable data to its operator before disappearing in Antarctic waters.

An Argo ocean float was lost in the Antarctic for months under the Denman and Shackleton ice shelves, and it returned with ...

Over the holidays, a team of researchers, including one from Minnesota, is hard at work in Antarctica. The scientists are ...

Scientists have uncovered a new threat hiding under the floating edges of Antarctica: fast moving, stormlike swirls of water that attack the ice from below. These secretive currents, spinning in the ...

Our reporter sends a dispatch from the icebreaker Araon, currently on its way to Antarctica, about the scientists, their work ...

Glacial earthquakes are rocking the Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica. Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake ...