Benefits that whales bring extend far beyond the ocean – they help us, humans, too. Coastal communities around the world rely ...

Social media posts sharing a graphic comparing sea ice levels in the Antarctic on the same date 45 years apart misrepresent ...

Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more ...

Extreme precipitation events in Antarctica, which are mostly dominated by snowfall due to sub-zero temperatures, also include rainfall, according to new research.

A 1550 square km (963 sq mi.) iceberg, designated A81 broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. A time-lapse of the 'calving process' was captured by satellites. Credit; ESA - European Space Agency ...

For decades, scientists have wondered at the taxonomy of Vegavis iaai—an ancient avian specimen that lived in what is now ...

Australian scientists have begun a new major ice core drilling project in Antarctica. They hope to search through more than a million years of climate history for clues about our planet's past and ...

Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have discovered microplastics in the snow near some of Antarctica's deep field camps. This is the first time these tiny pieces of plastic ...

Create a table- top map of Antarctica using junk materials. Include a South Pole, some mountains and ice shelves. Provide small play figures for imaginative play. Or create a ‘shoebox ...

A study on melting glacial ice sheets revealed a startling positive feedback loop effect with alarming implications for the ...

"Long considered more stable than the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, this event added an exclamation point to the accelerating narrative of unexpected changes being observed in East Antarctica," she said, ...

Jan. 2, 2025 — A new study investigating ancient methane trapped in Antarctic ice suggests that global increases in wildfire activity likely occurred during periods of abrupt climate change ...