Temperature records from measurements of oxygen isotopes in the ice reveal that this area experienced a gradual, long-term ...

Antarctica's ice cores are like frozen diaries of Earth's past, preserving ancient air and climate clues. Most continuous ...

Researchers have found 6 million-year-old ice in the Allan Hills region of Antarctica and say the oldest-of-its-kind sample ...

Ancient ice cores are valuable to investigate due to the water and air stored in them, according to Space.com. In both of ...

1. Introduction -- 2. Antarctic blue ice areas (BIAs) -- 2.1. Definition -- 2.2. Geographical distribution -- 2.3. Ice flow -- 2.4. Meteorology -- 2.5. Surface characteristics -- 2.6. Classification ...

A study has revealed that the substantial retreat of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) approximately 9,000 years ago was ...

Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more. The ice-covered continent and the surrounding Southern Ocean are undergoing abrupt and alarming changes. Sea ice is ...

An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ice that is 130,000 years old. The goal of the French duo is to better ...