The Coast Guard heavy icebreaker Polar Star departed Seattle on Thanksgiving Day to start its 29th deployment to Antarctica ...

USCGC Polar Star left Elliott Bay Wednesday for Operation Deep Freeze, supporting the annual resupply of U.S. Antarctic research stations.

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Atlantic City saw a record 23 flood days in 2024, and the state's coastline could see up to 3.8 feet of sea-level rise by ...

New Jersey is likely to see between 2.2 and 3.8 feet of sea-level rise by 2100 if the current level of global carbon emissions continue, but seas could rise by as much as 4.5 feet if ice-sheet melt ...

An explorer from Shrewsbury who is paralysed from the chest down is preparing to attempt a new world record on a polar ...

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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 ...

Up to 59% of Antarctic ice shelves may be at risk of disappearing under high-emission scenarios by 2300, according to a comprehensive analysis of the effect of ocean warming published in Nature. This ...

SAN DIEGO – Endurance runner, attorney, and Point Loma High grad Sean McKaveney is tackling his toughest challenge ever: The Antarctic Ice Ultra 50k, a 24-hour race in the world’s most inhospitable ...

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 ...

For decades, researchers seeking to understand global climate change have analyzed ice cores drilled deep within the Antarctic ice sheet. This ice traps chemicals and bubbles of ancient air that tell ...