The borehole was drilled into the blue ice so researchers could study gases inside air bubbles trapped in the ice cores.

The 9,186-foot-long ice core was drilled out from the Little Dome C, which is one of the harshest locations on the planet.

Antarctic sea ice has likely reached its minimum extent for the year, at 1.98 million square kilometers (764,000 million ...

The Trump administration is sabotaging the country’s gold-standard climate science in Antarctica and around the world.

Antarctica’s ice caps have been shaping the ocean for millions of years, but recent discoveries reveal icebergs existed even ...

Global sea ice cover fell to a historic low in February when the world continued to experience exceptional heat and ...

By comparing ice cores from both Greenland and Antarctica, Cole-Dai and his research team were able to discern the volcanic events were all major eruptions. Because the chemical signals of the ...

A massive iceberg known as A23a is currently on a collision course with South Georgia Island, threatening to disrupt the ...

Europe is warmed by heat from ocean currents, which move water from the warm tropics to the colder North Atlantic. Once the warm, salty waters from the tropics reach the polar region, they cool enough ...

Polar ice regions are as crucial to Earth’s systems and can give us vital information about the future of the planet.

Global sea ice cover reached a historic low in February, Europe's climate monitor has said, with temperatures spiking up to ...