Research involving the University of Liverpool has discovered a trend of increasing surface meltwater in East Antarctica. In ...

This discovery, driven by data from the European Space Agency's SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) satellite, challenges ...

East Antarctica is the largest ice sheet on Earth. Alone, it holds enough frozen water to raise global sea levels by a ...

Long-lost 1960s aerial photos let Copenhagen researchers watch Antarctica’s Wordie Ice Shelf crumble in slow motion. By fusing film with satellites, they discovered warm ocean water, not surface ponds ...

Traditionally, melting sea ice is expected to freshen ocean surface waters, as freshwater from the ice dilutes the salty sea.

The banks of the Dead Sea are the lowest point on dry land but not the deepest point on Earth's surface. That distinction ...

A salty surge in the Southern Ocean is melting Antarctic sea ice from below — and causing dramatic changes scientists didn’t ...

Scientists find rising ocean salinity in Antarctica, reversing decades-long trends and accelerating sea ice loss.

An international team from Italy, Australia, and the United States mapped the lake using ground-penetrating radar, then ...

Antarctic research reveals how rare earth elements move underground through freeze-thaw cycles in desert environments.

Antarctica has lost sea ice equivalent in area to Greenland – and it has not returned, according to new satellite data. This ...