Scientists drilling deep beneath Greenland’s ice have uncovered a startling clue about its past—and future. Evidence shows ...
A hidden threat is emerging in the world’s glaciers: while most are shrinking, a rare group known as “surging glaciers” can ...
A decade ago, southern sea ice suddenly and dramatically declined. Scientists say the culprit was a "very violent release" of ...
The loss of iconic Antarctic wildlife is no longer a future possibility. It is happening in real-time, while we watch.
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Scientists have identified the exact temperature at which parts of Antarctica stop retreating and start collapsing, and the ...
The story of early polar exploration is often told through a handful of famous names, yet many important expeditions have ...
The end of the historic Artemis II mission kicks off a race to establish a permanent human presence on the moon.
One hundred years after John Wesley Powell’s historic trek down the Grand Canyon, National Geographic went on a commemorative ...
Fractures spreading across the floating edge of Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier have reached a point that alarms the scientists who study them most closely. A cluster of peer-reviewed studies published ...
A German research icebreaker sailing through one of Antarctica’s least-charted stretches of ocean has confirmed something that should not have been a surprise but was: a rocky island, roughly the size ...
The end of the historic Artemis II mission kicks off a race to establish a permanent human presence on the moon.