Antarctica's looking like a good place to head south for a vacation today. Check out how the temperature in Antarctica compares to Iowa.

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet covers some 760,000 square miles and is up to 1.2 miles thick. If it were to ever melt away entirely, it would add 10 feet to global sea levels. Even considering how ...

The Scenic Eclipse II had to call on the help of Us Coast Guard, Polar Star, to help after it became trapped in pack ice in the Ross Sea ...

Antarctica holds so much frozen water that if it vanished overnight, the shape of the planet’s coasts, climate and oceans would be unrecognizable within hours. The scenario is wildly unrealistic, but ...

The clock is ticking. But low clouds have prevented helicopters from moving scientists and gear onto the continent’s fastest-melting glacier.

Scientists are within minutes of the Thwaites Glacier, but shifting clouds and poor visibility are threatening a narrow window to begin vital research.

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China and the U.S. has found that data from El Niño and Antarctic Oscillation events can be used to predict air pollution levels in ...