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

UNSW researchers unveil a new map and classification system that will help protect the unique plants and animals of Earth’s most remote and fragile continent.

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

While warming temperatures are driving a widespread loss of ice shelves, major calving events have not increased in frequency ...

Volcanoes erupting isn’t what most people think of, but this scene could happen as the frozen continent melts, a study has ...

Australian Antarctic Program scientists have released the most comprehensive database of species living in the ice-free areas ...

An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic ...

"The change of seasons causes surface melting far inland from the coastal ice front," glaciologist Christopher Shuman said.

A major ice shelf in Antarctica appears to have survived a period of hot temperatures more than 120,000 years ago, indicating that the West Antarctic ice sheet may not be vulnerable to complete ...

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 ...