Far below the ice, the secrets of our planet's past hang on – and so do those of the aliens we may one day meet out near ...

Nearly 600 years ago, a massive volcanic eruption sent clouds of sulfurous gas and ash high into the atmosphere. The blast ...

Perhaps to our collective detriment, guns in games don't feel as threatening as you'd otherwise expect from implements capable of firing hundreds of lethal projectiles per minute. In a medium where ...

The European Space Agency’s CryoSat-2 satellite monitors subtle changes in ice sheet thickness in Antarctica and Greenland. Credit: ESA/AOES Medialab Antarctica is often thought of as a frozen desert ...

"What we're seeing is things like extreme heat waves, levels of temperature change in Antarctica we've never seen before and didn't expect to see. We're seeing the ice retreating at a rate we'd never ...

Deep under Antarctica’s thick ice cover lies a hidden world of lakes that no human has ever seen. These “subglacial lakes” sit several kilometers below the surface and play a critical role in the way ...

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than the other continents—a great sheet of ice set in contrast ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than the other continents—a great ...

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reports that Vostok, Antarctica, remains the coldest place on Earth at –100°F due to its elevation and location. While the region remains ...