Bad weather has postponed attempts to set up camp on the Thwaites Glacier. So researchers got onto the sea ice and met a ...

After 10 days with only the open ocean and the occasional iceberg at our sides, sailing into the sea ice felt like crossing ...

A technology called synthetic aperture radar (SAR) clears these hurdles by beaming out energy pulses and measuring the amount ...

Ancient ocean sediments reveal Antarctica’s ice sheet retreated repeatedly during past warm periods, offering clues to future ...

Yet much about the landscape under the ice has been uncertain, because ground and air surveys are difficult in the region.

The Hidden Danger Beneath Melting Antarctic Ice: At the end of the last Ice Age, something dramatic unfolded off the coast of Antarctica. As sea ice melted back toward the continent, it was like ...

As last year is recorded as the third hottest on record, experts warn that the world isn't paying enough attention to ...

The extent and speed of ice moving off the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica into the sea—an important dynamic for ...

Often referred to as the one of the last places in the world with year-round sea ice, the waterways around Queen Elizabeth Islands and western Tuvaijuittuq have historically been difficult to access.

Sea-level rise changes coastlines, putting homes at risk, as Summer Haven, Fla., has seen. Aerial Views/E+/Getty Images Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of ...