NASA/Scott Battaion A scientific balloon starts its ascent into the air as it prepares to launch carrying NASA's Payload for Ultrahigh Energy ...
After 10 days with only the open ocean and the occasional iceberg at our sides, sailing into the sea ice felt like crossing ...
When we think of global warming, what first comes to mind is the air: crushing heat waves that are felt rather than seen, ...
An explorer and a glaciologist are kite-skiing across Antarctica with a ground-penetrating radar to gather data that will ...
Our reporter sends a dispatch from the icebreaker Araon, currently on its way to Antarctica, about the scientists, their work ...
Experimental particle physicists working at the MicroBooNE experiment at Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory have found ...
Some call it the ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ a vast expanse of Antarctic ice roughly the size of Florida. As temperatures rise, the ...
Glacial earthquakes are rocking the Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica. Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake ...
A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s ...
An Antarctic experiment looking to detect dark matter in space led by University of Hawaii Manoa was launched on Dec. 15. In ...