Scientists have obtained the deepest sediment core ever recovered from under the Antarctic ice, providing insight into climate changes on Earth millions of years ago. The sediment core, discovered ...

Frozen deep beneath Antarctica and Greenland lies something remarkable. Tiny bubbles of ancient air, locked away in ice for hundreds of thousands of years, hold secrets about our planet's past.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey and South Korea have reached one of the most remote and least studied parts of ...

A project that has been years in the making came to an early halt about 3,000 feet deep in the ice. Reading time 3 minutes One of Earth’s most dangerous glaciers has claimed a victim: a suite of ...

A team of U.S. scientists has discovered the oldest directly dated ice and air on the planet in the Allan Hills region of East Antarctica. The 6-million-year-old ice and the tiny air bubbles trapped ...