When snow falls on the ice sheet, where subzero temperatures ensure it doesn’t melt. Antarctic temperatures regularly reach -40°C or lower in the interior, with the lowest ever temperature on Earth ...

A tiny seed is stuck between loose gravel and coarse sand. There is nothing else alive around it. All it can see is a wall of ice reaching 20 metres up into the sky. It is cold. Survival is hard ...

Melting Antarctic ice reveals rocky peaks that release iron, which drifts into the ocean and helps tiny plants absorb carbon ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. But is that kind of rapid collapse really as likely as feared? A new study of Thwaites Glacier's ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: The ANSMET (ANtarctic Search for METeorites) Program, Case Western Reserve University and ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The rising earth beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet will likely become a major factor in future sea level rise, a new study suggests. Despite feeling like a stationary mass, most solid ...

ANTARCTICA, — Grab the warmest clothing you have and let's take a trip to the coldest place on earth: Antarctica. Located over 8,500 miles away from us here in Hampton Roads, Antarctica covers the ...

If the ice blanketing Antarctica were to vanish, the world’s shorelines would be redrawn so radically that some countries ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: SteveAllenPhotoGetty Images Antarctica is Earth's frozen continent. Covering 5.5 million ...

The wildlife of Antarctica is supported by one of the smallest, but most significant species found anywhere on the planet, ...

The rising earth beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet will likely become a major factor in future sea level rise, a new study suggests. The rising earth beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet will likely become a ...