Lake Vostok is one of Earth’s most isolated bodies of water, buried beneath more than 2 miles of Antarctic ice. The lake lies ...

Atmospheric rivers act like "rivers in the sky," shuttling intense bands of warm, heavy moisture from lower to higher ...

Amber usually brings to mind tropical forests, trapped insects, and warm landscapes. That is what makes the new Antarctic ...

Exclusive: Inside the US-sanctioned ship that went dark while prospecting the forbidden waters off Earth’s largest unclaimed ...

NSF awarded KBR a potential $8 billion contract to support U.S. Antarctic Program research, logistics and station operations.

A new study shows that atmospheric rivers may be responsible for up to 90% of Antarctica’s annual precipitation.

Using old satellite radar techniques, scientists have developed a new way of measuring the true extent of an understudied and ...

A hybrid power pilot project combining solar, batteries and hydrogen fuel cells is under development at a scientific base on ...

Researchers have warned that the Thwaites Glacier, one of the largest glaciers in the world, is about to lose its eastern ice ...

Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the seasonal growth and retreat of Antarctic sea ice – frozen seawater that expands around the continent each winter – appeared ...

KBR secured an $8 billion contract with the U.S. government to oversee everything from scientific research support to logistics and infrastructure for the U.S. Antarctic Program.