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.
Our special report offers a rare look at life beneath the frozen continent—where penguins, seals, and exotic creatures thrive. Tendrils of ice-covered brine, or brinicles, leak from sea ice near ...
Researchers were able to deploy cameras and sensors underneath the glacier. Scientists studying one of the most crucial glaciers that's been deteriorating by climate change got a new look at what ...
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 ...
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 ...
Scientists investigate rapid Antarctic ice loss since 2016, attributed to warming and wind changes. The impact on global warming, ecosystem, and ice stability raises concerns. Uncertainty persists ...
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 ...
We thought we broadly understood how planets and stars form. But the discovery of dozens of pairs of young planets in a nearby nebula threatens to turn that on its head. They are worlds that ...
The analysis of an ice core extracted from a depth of 2.7 km will enable the reconstruction of the world’s climate history, going back in time by 1.5 million years Scientists have returned to ...