Watch now | A deadly runway collision at LaGuardia underscores what the system has been trying to tell us.

In the final chapter of this three-part series, Miles O’Brien and aviation historian Ric Gillespie examine the physical evidence suggesting that the lost French aircraft L’Oiseau Blanc may lie beneath...

Listen now (35 mins) | A return to Japan Airlines Flight 123 — a story of failure, humanity, and the thin line between routine and catastrophe

New evidence suggests the lost French transatlantic flight may have reached Newfoundland

A Texas coal plant, a solar gamble—and the race to power the digital future

A new Miles Ahead podcast series revisits aviation’s greatest unsolved mystery

NASA has reshuffled its return-to-the-Moon strategy.

Editor’s note: NASA has updated an earlier version of this blog to provide additional details.

Fifty-five days after shoving off, we see the beautiful cliffs of New Zealand - and smell the fertile turf.

From the Southern Ocean, scientists revealed how hidden ocean heat is reshaping the “Doomsday Glacier”—and why the answers matter far beyond Antarctica.

Speaking from Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, a conversation for Breaking the News traces how CNN helped shape today’s fractured media landscape—and why rebuilding trust in science storytelling may be

Even when the drilling stops, the science—and the stakes—keep moving beneath Antarctica’s most consequential glacier

A live conversation from Antarctica reveals what we learned—and what we still don’t know—about the fate of the Doomsday Glacier

A live Q&A from the Southern Ocean today (Feb 10) at 4 PM EST

At Thwaites Glacier, scientists reach the ocean below—only to watch their biggest hope freeze out of reach

Warm water confirmed beneath the glacier—but the long-term measurements slip away

After nearly a full day of drilling, scientists finally reach the hidden ocean beneath Antarctica’s most consequential glacier

An Antarctic drilling race, a vanishing window for science, and a first-of-its-kind broadcast from the bottom of the world

From a frozen Florida morning to the loss of two shuttles and fourteen astronauts, a reporter reflects on what silence inside a system can cost.

A walk through the Thwaites Glacier drill camp—where a ten-person team races the weather, the ice, and the clock to reach the ocean beneath Antarctica.

From the helideck of a Korean icebreaker, I watch scientists battle Antarctic winds—and 3,000 feet of ice—to reach the ocean beneath Thwaites Glacier.

Watch now | From a helicopter drop-in on the “Doomsday Glacier” to a fiber-optic lifeline to the ocean below, a ten-person team takes on 3,000 feet of ice, 20 tons of gear, and Antarctica’s brutal rea...

From a Korean icebreaker in front of Thwaites, reporting on the night a robot slipped beneath the ice to measure the future of sea level

A tough shot to get

Reporting from Thwaites Glacier, where scientists race weather and time to measure the ice that could reshape the world’s coastlines

As the helicopters take to the air, the race is on to reach the scientific holy grail.

board South Korea’s research icebreaker Araon, scientists race the forecast—and the clock—to unlock what’s happening beneath Thwaites Glacier.

After more than a decade covering offshore wind, I return to Revolution Wind — where jobs, electricity demand, and politics collide just as the grid is tightening.

YouTube video by MyRadar Weather News

Join me Thursday for a real-time conversation from the bottom of the world—about science, exploration, and why Antarctica matters to all of us.

From the deck of an icebreaker at Thwaites Glacier, scientists describe what they’re seeing, what they still don’t know—and what it costs to be here.

Today at 4 p.m. ET, join us aboard a Korean icebreaker at Thwaites Glacier for a rare, real-time look at the science shaping our coastal future.

Please listen to and share this Sustain What conversation with longtime TV science correspondent Miles O'Brien and science journalist Kate Tobin aboard the South Korean research icebreaker Araon, whic...

YouTube video by Andrew Revkin

With blades going on and weather watching underway, the Thwaites mission reaches a critical moment.

At last, the icebreaker Araon reaches an ideal position—and scientists prepare to probe the most consequential glacier on Earth.

After days of uncertainty and sea ice, we finally reach Thwaites—and the real science is about to begin.

Korean Icebreaker Araon slogging through the sea ice. Unclear if we will make it

28 likes, 3 comments - milesobrien on January 4, 2026: "We are now entering our second week aboard the Korean research vessel and icebreaker Araon. We have traveled 2000 km from Lyttleton, New Zealand...

Some call it the ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ a vast expanse of Antarctic ice roughly the size of Florida. As temperatures rise, the Thwaites Glacier is melting fast and threatens to raise global sea levels. T...

Learn about an scientific mission to examine a massive glacier at risk of melting

A live New Year’s interview from a Korean icebreaker headed for the most consequential glacier on Earth.

A live broadcast from an Antarctic icebreaker, the first iceberg of the journey — and why Thwaites Glacier may shape the future of the world’s coastlines.

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

From a sunlit New Zealand harbor, I set sail aboard a South Korean icebreaker toward Thwaites—the most consequential glacier on Earth and a tipping point for global sea level rise.

The Pentagon approved these wind farms. Now Trump says they’re a security risk. What’s really at stake?