Scientists have spotted the mortal wound that could prompt the collapse of Antarctica’s fourth-largest ice shelf. Satellite images reveal that a crack in Larsen C rapidly extended tens of kilometers ...

So the moment is here. After months of teasing scientists who have been watching a widening crack in the ice of Antarctica via satellite cameras and surveillance aircraft, a 2,200-square-mile ice ...

It’s summer in Antarctica, which has scientists scurrying around the seventh continent carrying out various research experiments. That includes monitoring the massive crack that has spread across the ...

Winter has descended on Antarctica. Even as cold and darkness blankets the bottom of the world, the region’s most watched ice shelf is is continuing its epic breakdown. A crack started spreading ...

Winter has descended on Antarctica. Even as cold and darkness blankets the bottom of the world, the region’s most watched ice shelf is is continuing its epic breakdown. A crack started spreading ...

A huge crack in one of Antarctica's largest ice shelves has grown by another 11 miles, leaving an area of ice a quarter of the size of New Jersey hanging on by a section that is only eight miles long.

It’s no secret that crack cocaine carries a stigma. While casual pot-smoking and cocaine use are tolerated in college dorms and clubs, crack cocaine is often considered to be on a different level — a ...

A new Canadian study is providing evidence to support fears that the highly infectious and potentially fatal hepatitis C virus can be passed among crack cocaine smokers sharing their pipes. "We have ...