Under the sea ice during the Arctic’s pitch-black polar night, cells power photosynthesis on the lowest light levels ever ...

Polar bears have a built-in defense against ice — greasy fur. A team of scientists has discovered that their fur is coated in ...

As the Arctic rapidly warms, the temperature difference between the polar region and lower latitudes decreases, which weakens ...

Temperatures are achingly cold in the stratosphere over the Arctic, which can only mean one thing: it's perfect conditions ...

Little wonder the poles can seem timeless, places of desolate beauty – tundra and rock in the north, and wind and ice in the ...

NASA announced that samples that a spacecraft recovered from a near-Earth asteroid contains minerals that are crucial to life. The discovery provides new insight into the formation of the early solar ...

A large majority of residents in Greenland are against President Trump’s wish to acquire the island territory, according to a ...

Scientists discovered a hidden process where Earth's crust peels away and sinks, reshaping continents over millions of years, ...

The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...

While warming temperatures are driving a widespread loss of ice shelves, major calving events have not increased in frequency ...

Australian Antarctic Program scientists have released the most comprehensive database of species living in the ice-free areas ...