Senior science editor Jennifer Bogo is tagging along with scientists at the Palmer research station in Antarctica, thanks to a fellowship awarded by Wood's Hole Marine Biological Laboratory. Here are ...

Atmospheric rivers act like "rivers in the sky," shuttling intense bands of warm, heavy moisture from lower to higher ...

On satellite images, it was virtually indistinguishable from the flotilla of icebergs drifting around it. When approached from the horizon through the Antarctic’s Weddell Sea, it even looked like one, ...

Navigating snow drifts, social isolation and elephant seals, sci-fi-inspired architect Hugh Broughton is reshaping life at ...

How much do you really know about the coldest place in the world? Expand your knowledge of Antarctica with these surprising facts. Ah, Antarctica. Cold, windy, covered in ice and, um, did we mention ...

The claim: 'Man' can't advance more than 500 kilometers past Antarctic 'ice wall' A Dec. 13 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a picture of a research vessel positioned near a tall, sheer ...