You might be chilly right now, but that doesn't mean the world is getting colder.

When most people hear the word \"desert,\" they imagine dunes, scorching winds, and unbearable heat. Images of the Sahara or the Arabian Desert often co.

Gravity may seem constant, but it actually varies across the planet—and one of the strangest places is Antarctica, where gravity is slightly weaker than expected. Scientists have traced this “gravity ...

Temperatures taken from Antarctica Thursday were the hottest ever recorded for the normally-frigid continent. According to The Washington Post, the temperature was recorded at 65 degrees at the ...

A study published today found that while ice shelves in West Antarctica melt year-round, those in East Antarctica experience summer melting spikes, when sea ice retreats and warm ocean water flows ...

New study shows melting Antarctic ice adds only a small amount of iron to the ocean. Most iron comes from deep water and sea floor sediments.

An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ice that is 130,000 years old. The goal of the French duo is to better ...

Antarctica is covered by a miles-thick ice sheet, but was that always the case? And when was the coldest continent ice-free?