An international team of researchers has shown that countless tiny ice quakes take place in one of Greenland's mightiest ice streams. This finding will allow the flowing of the ice sheet and ...

In Greenland, an international team of researchers led by ETH Zurich has discovered that countless tiny ice quakes take place deep inside ...

By using a fiber-optic cable to detect tiny vibrations a mile below the surface, scientists discovered a surprising way that ...

The great ice streams of the Antarctic and Greenland are like frozen rivers, carrying ice from the massive inland ice sheets ...

Blood Falls in Antarctica flows unpredictably with iron-rich, salty water. Microbes inside survive without sunlight.

Maps created by combining different models of glaciers and ice sheets reveal the way water is flowing deep beneath Antarctica ...

"What if the iron stones were warming up to the point where they would actually melt the glacial ice beneath them and sink into it, perhaps even descending far enough so as to be hidden below the ...

For over a century, Antarctica’s Blood Falls has remained one of the most baffling phenomena on Earth, captivating scientists ...

Climatologists say that thanks to the high resolution of satellites on these maps, it is possible to analyze objects several meters across and determine their approximate volume and shape ...

Aside from the obvious problems of melting Antarctic ice, this problem of hidden volcanoes becoming active could spell ...

Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...

Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around ...