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

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

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

Scientific voyage to Antarctica reveals alarming consequences of summer sea ice loss on ecosystems and wildlife.

Antarctica's harsh otherworldly climate gives a glimpse into the simple microscopic communities that dominated Earth for much ...

East Antarctica is the largest ice sheet on Earth. Alone, it holds enough frozen water to raise global sea levels by a ...

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

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

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

Long-lost 1960s aerial photos let Copenhagen researchers watch Antarctica’s Wordie Ice Shelf crumble in slow motion. By fusing film with satellites, they discovered warm ocean water, not surface ponds ...

Traditionally, melting sea ice is expected to freshen ocean surface waters, as freshwater from the ice dilutes the salty sea.

New research from the Chilean Patagonia has identified a link between glacial retreat and underground volcanic activity ...