A robotic float has measured the temperature and salinity from parts of the ocean never sampled before — underneath massive ...

Pine Island Glacier, one of the fastest-shrinking glaciers in Antarctica, hastened its slide into the sea between 2017 and ...

Our ocean float spent years adrift in the Antarctic ocean and beneath massive ice shelves. What it found will help us ...

While researching a separate topic, Naomi Ochwat noticed that a glacier in Antarctica had shrunk by 50%. What she learned was ...

Scientists trace ancient deep-sea changes in the Southern Ocean to explain how rising CO₂ helped warm Earth after the last ...

Warmer air makes glaciers speed up more and reach peak speed earlier each year, showing temperature strongly controls how ice moves.

The Polar Star is making the trip as part of Operation Deep Freeze, the annual resupply of U.S. outposts under the U.S.

The USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) departed Seattle on Thursday commencing its 29th deployment to Antarctica in support of ...

Antarctica’s ice shelves are not just thinning from warm air above, they are being attacked from below by hidden turbulence that behaves like underwater storms. New research shows that these swirling ...

Findings from a new study suggest a scenario wherein melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet could briefly delay the ...

Satellite data reveals shocking speed in the collapse of Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier. What does this mean for the planet?

The Coast Guard cutter Polar Star departed Seattle, Nov. 27, commencing its 29th deployment to Antarctica in support of ...