A mysterious hole larger than Maryland has reappeared in the middle of Antarctica after 42 years. Scientists aren't sure how it got there. This isn't the first time it's appeared. The hole is a ...

Scientists have solved the mystery of how a gaping hole nearly twice the size of New Jersey that formed in Antarctica's sea ice eight years ago. The rare opening of ice free water, called a ...

The European Space agency Copernicus Sentinel satellite detected a giant hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica, as part of the EU's Environmental monitoring program. The hole which scientists ...

Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than ...

In 2017, a monumental hole opened within the icy Weddell Sea, which borders Antarctica. A continual region of open water where you’d think sea ice would be because it’s also surrounded by sea ...

Four decades ago, scientists sounded the alarm after discovering a growing 'hole' in the ozone above Antarctica. This protective layer of gas shields life on Earth from the sun's harmful ...

There's a giant crack in Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf that's growing at an alarming rate. Now, scientists think they have the answer, and it points to a much bigger problem. Before 2014 ...

The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica was discovered in the 1980s. It begins to form each year in August and reached its maximum size late September or early October, before closing from mid ...