Scientists are worried about the melting of Antarctica's ice sheets and what it could mean for sea levels. There's a ...

Up to 98 percent of Antarctica is caked in miles-thick ice sheets, some of which formed millions upon millions of years ago.

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

Microplastics have entered Antarctica’s soil ecosystem, subtly affecting its only native insect and revealing how far human ...

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

A novel new technique has allowed scientists to see what's lurking miles beneath Antarctica's ice like never before.

In a new study, researchers explained that less is known about the topography beneath the ice of Antarctica than any other ...

Scientists have produced the most comprehensive map ever created of the terrain concealed beneath Antarctica's enormous ice sheet, revealing a rich landscape of mountains, canyons, valleys and plains.

Bedmap3 shows Antarctica without its ice. Credit: Pritchard et al. There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land beneath ...

ANTARCTICA — The Southern Ocean is one of the more remote places on Earth, but that doesn’t mean it is tranquil. Tumultuous waves that can swallow vessels ensure that the Antarctic Peninsula has a ...

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 ...

Due to its thick, vast ice sheet, Antarctica appears to be a single, continuous landmass centered over the South Pole and spanning both hemispheres of the globe. The Western Hemisphere sector of the ...