A study in Nature Geoscience reveals that changes in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) closely tracked marine algae growth in the Southern Ocean over previous glacial cycles, but not in the way ...

For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the seasonal growth and retreat of Antarctic sea ice – frozen seawater that ...

Between 2021 and 2023, Antarctica appeared to be growing. Heavy snowfall fueled by wetter weather caused parts of the continent to gain mass, leading some to question whether climate change is really ...

A new team of UK specialists is embarking on a 9,000-mile journey to Antarctica to protect a British science base threatened ...

While humans might be mostly to blame for Antarctica’s snow melt, scientists are pointing to another surprising source of the ...

Antarctica conjures images of vast expanses of white ice and snow-covered mountains. But parts of the frozen continent are ...

A region of Antarctica with some of the greatest potential to reshape the natural world and human society is also the least scientifically understood and explored. A new global review paper published ...

Antarctica facts reveal red waterfalls, hidden lakes, white-blooded fish, singing ice, a lava lake, and other real phenomena ...

To get to the Antarctic Peninsula, you have to cross the Drake Passage — which is widely regarded as the most treacherous ...

Race against time to save British base on an Antarctic island full of penguins - UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) is in ...

Between 2021 and 2023, Antarctica appeared to be growing. Heavy snowfall caused parts of the continent to gain mass, leading some to question whether climate change is really causing irreversible ...