Large flat surfaces carved by ancient rivers deep beneath the East Antarctica are influencing how ice flows across the continent today, according to a new study.

The condition of the polar vortex influences everyday weather around the globe. Scientist issue warning about concerning ...

The Māori language describes 12 distinct types of snow. Researchers are identifying them in Antarctica as part of a project ...

The frigid waters that surround Antarctica may be inhospitable to human inhabitance, but they are churning with the manmade relics of toxic chemical production, a new study has found. Certain ...

From more frequent wildfires to rising sea levels, climate change is disrupting ecosystems and upending once-stable weather patterns. One particularly alarming consequence of rising global ...

The Polar Vortex,an atmospheric phenomenon that shapes our winter weather,has been gaining attention as it undergoes changes ...

Researchers measuring the salinity of the Southern Ocean did find unexpected results, but some online reports got the details ...

There are more ways than we knew for the stratospheric polar vortex to get disrupted, shooting cold air southwards across ...

Even in a warming climate, brutal cold snaps still hammer parts of the U.S., and a new study uncovers why. High above the ...

Three factors are combining to increase the likelihood of a weaker polar vortex this winter, the website reports. And a ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015, the frozen continent has lost sea ice similar to the size of Greenland.