Antarctica, often regarded as the planet's last true wilderness, harbors unique ecosystems that support extraordinary ...

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

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

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 ...

the continent would gain a new inland sea—but it would lose much of the narrow coastal strip where four out of five Australians now live. East Antarctica: The East Antarctica ice sheet is so ...

A comparison of polar sea ice extents on two random days does not provide enough information to determine whether or not Earth's climate is changing.

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

For now, the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf—one of Antarctica's biggest ... warmer water to the continental shelf in the future. To gain a clearer picture of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf's future ...

with color coding that purportedly shows ice gain and loss between Dec. 21, 2016, and Dec. 21, 2024. "I love data," the caption reads. "'Sea ice extent at both poles today is higher than eight ...