NASA satellite data have revealed that Antarctica experienced a surprising ice mass gain between 2021 and 2023, despite ...

Satellite imagery has revealed a yet-to-be-explained rise in the Southern Ocean's salinity. It could be a key factor in the ...

The remains of landscapes thought to have formed when ancient rivers flowed across East Antarctica have been discovered—and ...

A total collapse of the roughly 80-mile-wide Thwaites Glacier, the widest in the world, would trigger changes that could lead ...

Beneath Antarctica’s colossal ice sheets, there’s a world that few people have ever seen until now. Well, technically ...

Scientists have made a surprising discovery about what lies under the Antarctic ice sheet. Covered in ice for around 34 ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater ...

A salty surge in the Southern Ocean is melting Antarctic sea ice from below — and causing dramatic changes scientists didn’t ...

Long-lost 1960s aerial photos let Copenhagen researchers watch Antarctica’s Wordie Ice Shelf crumble in slow motion. By ...

Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated ocean warming, faster loss ...

Scientists at the Australian Antarctic Partnership Program are just beginning to understand the dire effects of extremely low ...

About two-thirds of Antarctic tourists land on the continent. The visitors can threaten fragile ecosystems by: Even when ...