Q&A: An ice core library in Antarctica may save humanity's climate memory

On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, the coolest library on Earth was inaugurated at the Concordia station, Antarctica. Samples ...

From Seal Meat to Ice Sheets: A Century of Reporting From Antarctica

Generations of Times journalists have journeyed there with scientists. Their coverage traces humankind’s changing ...

A novel sanctuary in Antarctica is preserving ice samples from rapidly melting glaciers

The Ice Memory Foundation, a consortium of European research institutes, inaugurated the frozen sanctuary on Wednesday at the ...

Ice core 'vault' preserving climate history opens in Antarctica

The Ice Memory Foundation on Wednesday opened the world’s first sanctuary for mountain ice cores in Antarctica, aiming to ...
The New York Times

Journey to the Melting Continent

The New York Times is on an expedition to study Antarctica’s fastest-thinning glaciers. CreditCredit...Chang W. Lee/The New York Times For much of January and February, Raymond Zhong, a New York Times ...

Scientists uncover Antarctica’s hidden landscape under ice sheet for first time

Scientists have unveiled the most comprehensive map yet of the hidden landscape beneath Antarctica's colossal ice sheet, ...
NBC Los Angeles

From food supply to weather patterns, here's how Antarctica affects the world

A trip to Antarctica might feel less like crossing the ocean and more like crossing the galaxy, but what happens there impacts the world well beyond the coast — influencing weather patterns and food ...

First-ever sanctuary of mountain ice cores in Antarctica preserves these climate archives for centuries

The storing of the very first heritage cores in Antarctica marks a pivotal moment for the Ice Memory project launched in 2015 ...