Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep, on average — and it's been that way for around 34 million years. Yet researchers have only ...

The China Coast Guard (CCG) landed on a disputed reef in the South China Sea earlier this month to assert sovereignty over the island that the Philippines also claims, Chinese media reported on ...

“A book,” a 20-year-old Franz Kafka wrote to his friend Oskar Pollack in 1904, “must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.” It is a quintessential Kafka image. I see an ice ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to promote mining of the deep-sea floor, a controversial way to get critical minerals that are used in a wide range of electronics and ...

In the dim twilight of an Arctic winter's day, with the low sun stretching its orange fingers across the frozen sea, a group of researchers drill a hole through the ice and insert a hydrogen ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China are “politically committed” to conclude a legally binding Code of Conduct in the South China Sea by next ...

President Trump signed an executive order to boost the U.S. deep-sea mining industry for critical minerals. Supporters say deep-sea mining could boost the U.S. economy and reduce reliance on land ...

The Metals Company is in talks with the US government for permits to mine the deep sea Donald Trump has signed a controversial executive order aimed at stepping up deep-sea mining within US and in ...

Donald Trump has signed a controversial executive order aimed at stepping up deep-sea mining within US and in international waters. The move to allow exploration outside its national waters has ...

"They're like cockroaches of the sea, basically," Ladd told CBS News. "You can't kill these things. I mean, we've heard stories of them coming back from a frozen state and crawling around ...

The fast food chain unveiled a new frozen beverage Thursday that features an "icy blast of strawberry flavor" that customers can also top with a layer of crunchy Nerds candy. The beverage is ...