From bomb craters to spoil heaps, whaling stations to war zones, abandoned human landscapes are becoming unexpected ...

Scientists say all signs indicate the so-called "megaberg" could be just days or weeks from totally disintegrating.

The frozen edges of Antarctica are less stable than they appear. Beneath the wide, seemingly immovable shelves of ice, the ...

The Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers, located in the Amundsen Sea sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), are among the fastest-melting ...

A record of repeated retreat of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet during the past warm climates has been identified by IODP Exp379 ...

Satellite photos show meltwater on the surface of iceberg A23a collecting in an unusual way, which may be a sign that the ...

The US Department of Defence operates the Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland. Built following a 1951 defence ...

After nearly a century of exploring the continent, and sometimes being food, dogs were kicked out of Antarctica via an ...

NASA and NOAA recently announced good news concerning the ozone hole. What are lessons about science, policy and skepticism ...

The rapid expansion, over-exploitation and subsequent decline in whale stocks in the northern hemisphere in the 20th century ...