In his book Diocletian and the Roman Recovery, author Stephen Williams said that voluntary retirement among Roman emperors ...

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An explorer and a glaciologist are kite-skiing across Antarctica with a ground-penetrating radar to gather data that will ...

Some call it the ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ a vast expanse of Antarctic ice roughly the size of Florida. As temperatures rise, the ...

The continent’s ice is melting and raising sea levels worldwide. Our journalists will be sending regular dispatches as they ...

Antarctica is known for being a rather inhospitable place, what with its extreme cold, violent winds, and low levels of water – it is technically a desert. Much of continent also sits at high altitude ...

Ah, Antarctica. Cold, windy, covered in ice and, um, did we mention cold? While those adjectives may all be accurate, this icy wonderland is one of the most captivating and unexpected travel ...

In the past, when West Antarctica melted, there was a rapid uptick in onshore geological activity in the area.

New research shows that warm ocean currents triggered a rapid collapse of part of East Antarctica’s ice sheet 9,000 years ago, offering clues about future sea level rise.