Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...

University of Toronto Scarborough researchers have directly linked population decline in polar bears living in Western Hudson Bay to shrinking sea ice caused by climate change.

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 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 ...

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 ...

If it gets stuck near South Georgia Island, that could make it hard for penguin parents to feed their babies and some young ...

The trillion-ton slab of ice named A23a could slam into South Georgia Island and get stuck or be guided around it by currents ...

The frozen continent has never been so desirable. But as other nations try to get in on the action, a race to the bottom ...

Before It’s Gone Arctic Research Expedition founder Felicity Aston and her team gather critical polar data before the sea ice ...

As the ice melts, the pressure in the magma chambers eases and the compressed magma can expand, leading to eruptions.

Jacob Chalif is part of a U.S. National Science Foundation project collecting some of the world’s oldest ice — dating back as many as a million years or more — for a Dartmouth College study on climate ...

Deep under the frozen desert of western Antarctica, a hidden danger slumbers. Lurking beneath the massive, 1–2 ...