"But Antarctica is not an apolitical human paradise with untouched nature—a sort of continent for scientific inquiry alone.

A team of international scientists compiled decades of data to create a map showing the topography of Antarctica with the ice ...

Everyone knows Antarctica is cold and icy, but what's underneath the ice has been a mystery. Scientists used six decades' ...

Arctic sea ice had its weakest winter buildup since record-keeping began 47 years ago, a symptom of climate change that will ...

Scientists have determined that at least six new aquatic species have been thriving under an Antarctic ice shelf.

Researchers think that shifting ocean currents brought warmer seawater to the area and contributed to the collapse. The collapse raises new concerns about East Antarctica. The Conger ice shelf is near ...

all the bumps, will determine where the syrup goes and how fast. And so it is with Antarctica: some ridges will hold up the flowing ice; the hollows and smooth bits are where that ice could ...

Melting on the Antarctic Ice Sheet for the 2024 to 2025 season began with above average melt extents in all regions, but melt ...

Underneath Antarctica’s endless sheets of ice lies a hidden world of deep valleys, towering peaks, and sprawling plains. For ...

Dave Malkoff is a national correspondent with the CBS Innovation Lab, where his work appears across all CBS News and Station ... part of the Antarctic after an ice shelf broke, revealing newly ...

Far from staying away from the game, a five-month chess championship took place between Soviet explorers in Antarctica in ...