In 2015, after decades of relative stability, Antarctica's sea ice suddenly began to disappear. Sea ice extent reached a record low in 2023, and scientists have now figured out what happened in that ...

Researchers say accurately predicting Antarctica's impact on global sea levels is an urgent priority that can be achieved by ...

For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the ...

Antarctica’s most threatened glacier is about be further destabilised, as the floating ice shelf in front of Thwaites glacier ...

A new study reveals that Arctic ice loss could intensify extreme cold waves and disrupt winters on several continents.

Sea level rise is an immediate threat caused by climate change and driven in large part by melting glaciers and ice sheets. A ...

Hidden warm-water traps beneath Antarctica may be melting the continent’s ice far faster than scientists realized.

An autonomous submarine named Ran discovers strange structures under the Dotson Ice Shelf in Antarctica, before mysteriously ...

Don Juan Pond is a mysterious lake in Antarctica that contains so much calcium chloride, it doesn't freeze in subzero ...