Atmospheric rivers act like “rivers in the sky,” shuttling intense bands of warm, heavy moisture from lower to higher ...

Amber usually brings to mind tropical forests, trapped insects, and warm landscapes. That is what makes the new Antarctic ...

A new study suggests Antarctica’s ice sheet hit a climate tipping point about one million years ago, making it far more ...

For decades, it seemed Antarctica might be insulated from rapid ice melting, but then sea ice began to decline dramatically.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Antarctica is turning green as plants take over parts of the icy landscape. The change is happening far faster than expected, ...

Antarctica is melting and one of its largest glaciers is collapsing from underneath. This is Thwaites glacier, sometimes ...

Endurance athlete Colin O'Brady, celebrated internationally in 2018 as the first person to traverse Antarctica solo and unassisted, is returning to the unforgiving continent for an even more arduous ...

Scientists prepare Gull, a glider and autonomous underwater vehicle, for deployment in Antarctica in January 2026. (UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center) UC Davis scientists are in Antarctica ...

Below the Antarctic ice lies a treasure trove of minerals, including copper, iron, gold, silver, platinum and cobalt. Warming temperatures due to climate change could unearth these minerals and, in ...