Satellite data reveal a link between the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere and rates of Antarctic sea ice loss in recent years.

By systematically assessing data gathered by different methods, researchers refined estimates of global glacier melt and its ...

It is the time of year when our hemisphere turns its face from the sun and the Earth tilts us into short, cold days and long nights. A time when mainland television drama producers love to transpose ...

Beyond four decades of memories and a new route up, Skip Horner left another legacy on Kilimanjaro: 20 pairs of boots for ...

During a brief but dramatic chapter in Earth's history about 41,000 years ago, the planet’s magnetic field nearly collapsed.

For years, Jack Auty studied how inflammation in the human body drives diseases, ranging from stroke to sepsis to Alzheimer’s ...

The Ponant fleet comprises 13 vessels that break down into four types. Here's a guide to each of the classes so you can ...

Imagine crossing vast oceans, soaring across continents, or tunneling deep beneath the earth—without ever getting lost. For ...

Geologists have uncovered a long-lost continental fragment buried beneath the thick ice of Greenland, a discovery that offers ...

The underlying data is available for download, and Arctic and Antarctic views of several imagery layers are ... for almost real-time viewing of changes occurring around most of the world.

Antarctica is warming at a faster pace than the rest of the world, and rising temperatures are already reshaping the landscape around Ushuaia. During a hotter-than-normal summer, a popular ice and ...

As autumn settled over Antarctica, sea ice began its seasonal return, with NASA capturing striking images of new growth in ...