Experts warn that sea levels could rise by seven metres and cause mass destruction if the ice sheet was to melt ...

The Greenland Ice Sheet is cracking open at an accelerating pace, with crevasses growing larger and deeper due to the effects of climate change. A new study using high-resolution 3D mapping has reveal ...

The world’s second largest body of ice – the Greenland Ice Sheet – is cracking open quicker than previously, scientists have ...

A high-tech submersible has mysteriously vanished beneath Antarctica’s most dangerous glacier, leaving scientists baffled and ...

Discovered by the West not much more than 200 years ago, Antarctica’s history is unique when compared to the six other ...

Scientists from the University of Cambridge and British Antarctic Survey have used ice core records to draw new conclusions ...

The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...

The 'world's most adventurous kids' are taking on 500 epic challenges before they are 18 - to spend more time with family and ...

Scientists have successfully analyzed more than 30 years of vital data on the thickness of landfast sea ice in Antarctica's McMurdo Sound, which will prove useful to measure future impacts of climate ...

Antarctic krill swimming between the Southern Ocean's surface and seafloor depths, make a "surprisingly small" contribution ...

The world’s biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins and seals.

Beneath Antarctica's ice, an unsuspected danger looms ... Models suggest that this feedback loop could further destabilize the polar ice cap, with major implications for sea levels. Subglacial ...