The paper presents a unique dataset based on the vast archives of old aerial images combined with modern satellite ...

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have gained unique insight into the mechanisms behind the collapse of Antarctic ...

A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, and sea ice is melting at record speed, enough to match the size ...

Scientists are questioning whether a ‘regime shift’ to a new state of diminished Antarctic sea-ice coverage is underway, due ...

Recent record summer lows in Antarctic sea ice provide a window into a future warmer climate with more extreme events — but ...

On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice ...

A sudden salinity spike in the Southern Ocean is accelerating Antarctic ice loss and triggering a dangerous climate feedback ...

The United Nations has designated 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation to highlight the importance of ...

The desert is where the Earth's coldest temperature ever was recorded and some areas haven't seen rain in more than 14 ...

During Earth's ancient Snowball periods, when the entire planet was wrapped in ice, life may have endured in tiny meltwater ponds on the surface of equatorial glaciers. MIT researchers discovered that ...

The Earth of the last Ice Age (about 26,000 to 19,000 years ago) was very different from today’s world. In the northern hemisphere, ice sheets up to 8 kilometres tall covered much of Europe ...