A salty surge in the Southern Ocean is melting Antarctic sea ice from below — and causing dramatic changes scientists didn’t ...

A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting ...

New research reveals Antarctic sea ice has hit record lows three times since 2017, creating cascading effects on global ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater ...

The curious minds at What If examine the global destruction that could unfold if Antarctica's ice were to melt completely.

Antarctica’s melting ice is more than a climate crisis—it’s a geologic awakening. ... Archaeologists find 'oldest section' of Great Wall of China that's nearly 3,000 years old.

Melting ice sheets in West Antarctica could trigger powerful volcanic eruptions, creating a dangerous feedback loop that accelerates sea-level rise. (CREDIT: George Steinmetz / CORBIS) ...

Antarctica’s massive Thwaites Glacier is melting more slowly than previously thought but also may be more susceptible to even small amounts of ice loss By Chelsea Harvey & E&E News Thwaites Glacier.

A fresh set of numbers is changing what scientists thought happens when a city‑sized slab of ice dissolves into the sea. The ...

Temperatures in Antarctica are so cold that a few degrees of warming won’t cause surface melting of the ice, yet scientists know the ice sheet has melted in the past and parts of it have collapsed, ...

A team of international scientists circumnavigating Antarctica has documented widespread environmental decline, including ...

By SETH BORENSTEIN. The world’s biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins and seals.