An ice core is something of a time capsule, containing the history of the Earth’s past atmosphere in a frozen climate archive ...

Yet much about the landscape under the ice has been uncertain, because ground and air surveys are difficult in the region.

Part of Pine Island Glacier collapsed several years ago, forming an unstable inlet where no ship had sailed. Until now.

Scientists have inaugurated the first global repository of mountain ice cores in an Antarctic vault. This initiative aims to ...

Ancient ocean sediments reveal Antarctica’s ice sheet retreated repeatedly during past warm periods, offering clues to future ...

Concordia Station, jointly operated by the Italian National Antarctic Research Program and the French Polar Institute, will preserve the cores for centuries.

The clock is ticking. But low clouds have prevented helicopters from moving scientists and gear onto the continent’s ...

A robotic ocean float that scientists thought was lost under Antarctica’s thick ice has surprisingly resurfaced, bringing ...

Deep beneath the Antarctic ice, a unique underground vault has opened to preserve glacier ice collected from mountain ranges around the world. The first-of-its-kind sanctuary is destined to house an ...

In a race against time to store vital scientific information, an ice sanctuary has been launched in Antarctica to preserve ...