Temperature records from measurements of oxygen isotopes in the ice reveal that this area experienced a gradual, long-term ...

High above the frozen wilderness of Antarctica, a NASA balloon has picked up signals that challenge our understanding of the ...

A team of researchers, including those from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), has discovered the oldest directly ...

Around 9,000 years ago, East Antarctica went through a dramatic meltdown that was anything but isolated. Scientists have discovered that warm deep ocean water surged beneath the region’s floating ice ...

A balloon-borne experiment over Antarctica, designed to detect cosmic radio waves, has instead picked up bizarre signals that appear to be coming from deep within the ice. These signals challenge our ...

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An international team of scientists announced Thursday they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles (2.8 kilometers) to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they ...