Scientists were again baffled in 2016 and 2017 when the polynya reappeared because of its vast size and distance from the coast - setting them on a hunt to uncover what was forming the hole.
While snapping photos of the surface of Mars in 2011, the HiRISE instrument aboard the robotic Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted a very unusual feature. On Pavonis Mons – a large shield ...
A study conducted by NASA has shown that a giant cavity two thirds the size of Manhattan is rapidly melting underneath Thwaites Glacier, caused by climate change. That's 14 billion tons of ice ...
The years 2022 and 2023 had record low summer sea-ice extents and represent the first in the satellite record (1979–2023) during which the area of Antarctic sea ice dropped below 2 million km2 ...
The colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) is one of the ocean's biggest mysteries. There are no photographs and no footage of a living colossal squid in its natural habitat. What we do know ...
As the world grapples with the consequences of global warming, an unexpected phenomenon is emerging in Antarctica. While the continent is losing ice at an alarming rate, a new study reveals that ...
Bad weather and other logistical problems delayed the TIME and GHOST teams getting into the field by a couple of weeks, and by mid-December, most researchers had made it to a camp called West ...
The edge of Greenland’s ice sheet looked like a big lick of sludgy white frosting spilling over a rise of billion-year-old brown rock. Inside the Twin Otter’s cabin, there were five of us: two ...
Archaeologists have discovered one of the world’s largest collections of ancient art, showing giants and monsters walking the Earth. In a remote area of South America, a British-led research ...
A crevasse measuring a few thousand feet from an altitude of 1,500 ft., during a November flyover. The Great Crack-Up By JEFFREY KLUGER Photographs by PAOLO PELLEGRIN—MAGNUM PHOTOS FOR TIME It ...