A gigantic cavity – two-thirds the area of Manhattan and almost 1,000 feet (300 meters) tall – growing at the bottom of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica is one of several dist... Read more
UCLA geochemist finds striking similarities between climate change patterns today and millions of years ago In the early Miocene Epoch, temperatures were 10 degrees warmer and ocean levels w... Read more
On a glacier-filled island with fjords and elephant seals, Russia has built Antarctica’s first Orthodox church on a hill overlooking its research base, transporting the logs all the way from... Read more
One of the largest glaciers in Antarctica is thinning four times faster than it was 10 years ago, according to research seen by the BBC. Read more