The updated map of Antarctica clearly shows the landscape beneath its massive ice sheet, including its tallest mountains and ...

A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...

When the A-84 iceberg calved in January, it unveiled a 209-square-mile swath of seafloor. Nearby scientists rushed to the ...

Researchers were in a remote region of the Bellingshausen Sea on a different expedition when the iceberg calved, giving them a chance to change course and explore a region never before accessible to ...

A Chicago-sized iceberg recently broke away from Antarctica, giving scientists the chance to explore a portion of the sea ...

Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers could have dramatic global consequences.

The deep seafloor showed a flourishing ecosystem, and the team believes they may have discovered several new species during their research.

An international team on board Schmidt Ocean Institute's R/V Falkor (too) working in the Bellingshausen Sea rapidly pivoted ...

Buttressed by glaciers from the East and West Antarctic Ice sheets, RIS is roughly the size of Spain, France, or Texas. Naturally, the ice shelf has long stirred geologists’ curiosity, but never did ...

which combines the amount of sea ice present in the Arctic and Antarctic, hit a new low in early February and remained below the previous record from 2023 for the rest of the month. In particular ...

Introducing Voice of the Sea Ice, a new miniseries about Antarctica. In this first episode, Claire Concannon recounts some epic historic and modern expeditions and learns that there are many types of ...