Surface melting for the Antarctic ice sheet appears to have set a record for the 46-year satellite observation period on January 2, 2025. All areas of the Antarctic coast that generally see ...

Scientists have mapped Antarctica’s ice-free ecosystems, highlighting their biodiversity and growing climate threats.

An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic ...

Australian Antarctic Program scientists have released the most comprehensive database of species living in the ice-free areas ...

While warming temperatures are driving a widespread loss of ice shelves, major calving events have not increased in frequency ...

The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...

Scientists have successfully analyzed more than 30 years of vital data on the thickness of landfast sea ice in Antarctica's McMurdo Sound, which will prove useful to measure future impacts of climate ...

Measuring roughly 1,350 square miles (3,500 square kilometers) across, A23a is the world's largest and oldest iceberg ...

Condé Nast Traveler’s Matthew Buck is in Antarctica to see what life is like on the most remote continent on Earth. A stay in ...

At age 75, Vadevino Alano keeps up a brisk pace as he strides through the forest on the way to the Armadillo’s Den — a ...

Nature is capable of the most mysterious, surreal, stunning, and powerful things. The only thing we can do as humans is to ...

The Ice Age was a hard period in Earth's history, but ancient humans were quite the hardy bunch. They managed survive and ...