"Ice in the rest of the universe has long been considered a snapshot of liquid water – that is, a disordered arrangement fixed in place. Our findings show this is not entirely true." ...

There is no ice wall, and Antarctica gets a regular flow of visitors. About 74,000 people visited the continent during the 2019-2020 season, according to the Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty .

Melting ice is slowing Earth's spin and causing changes to its axis, new studies find. The shifts are causing feedback beneath the surface, impacting the planet's molten core.

The world's two gigantic ice sheets are in greater peril from global warming than previously thought, a study published May 20 says. Earth's 'catastrophic' ice melt problem is worse than ...

Earth NASA satellites show Antarctica has gained ice despite rising global temperatures. How is that possible? The Sun 14,000 years ago, the most powerful solar storm ever recorded hit Earth.

A group of scientists think they can now predict when the next ice age could grip Earth, but don't worry, it's not for a very long time. An ice age should begin in about 10,000 years, but its ...

As ice sheets melt and ocean mass gets redistributed around the planet, Earth's geographic North and South poles could shift up to 89 feet (27 meters) by 2100 as the planet's axis of rotation ...