An autonomous submarine named Ran discovers strange structures under the Dotson Ice Shelf in Antarctica, before mysteriously ...

Hidden warm-water traps beneath Antarctica may be melting the continent’s ice far faster than scientists realized.

Beneath East Antarctica's Totten Glacier, hidden undersea valleys are channeling warm ocean water, melting its ice shelf from ...

The latest triumph in ocean technology comes from a small, rugged machine that slipped beneath Antarctic ice into a part of the planet no human has ever seen, gathered a torrent of data, and then did ...

Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the seasonal growth and retreat of Antarctic sea ice – frozen ...

In remote West Antarctica, two glaciers are melting. The Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers account for more than a third of the total ice loss in Antarctica. Thwaites, roughly the size of Florida, is ...

For what is likely the first time, a Ross seal has been photographed below the ocean's surface. Ross seals, the smallest and rarest members of the Antarctic true seal family, are incredibly elusive.

Scientists are preparing to drill 1m deep into Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” in a bid to understand the “underwater tsunamis”, which could have severe consequences for the climate. The collapse of ...