Scientists have recently received a groundbreaking ice core that could hold the secrets to understanding Earth’s past climate ...

The remains of landscapes thought to have formed when ancient rivers flowed across East Antarctica have been discovered—and ...

When ice gets trapped on land as giant ice sheets, it causes the sea level to change, but it doesn’t change by the same amount all around the planet.

Antarctica wasn't always a frozen landscape. In fact, it may have once featured lush forests, palm trees, and rivers, according to new research published in the journal Nature Communications.

A trove of ancient whale bones was recently discovered beneath a melting Arctic glacier. The centuries-old skeletal remains were found during an expedition on Wilczek Island, part of a Russian ...

An international research team has successfully drilled and retrieved a 9,186-foot-long (2,800-meter-long) ice core from Antarctica that dates back 1.2 million years. The sample extended so deep ...

New Curtin University research has revealed how massive ancient glaciers acted like giant bulldozers, reshaping Earth’s surface and paving the way for complex life to flourish. By chemically ...

The remains of landscapes thought to have formed when ancient rivers flowed across East Antarctica have been discovered – and ...