The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...

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

Historical evidence indicates that similar processes may have occurred during the last ice age when Antarctica’s ice sheet was much thicker. While the study emphasizes the slow pace of these ...

The fourth Antarctic campaign of the Beyond EPICA-Oldest ... “It was exciting to see the ice age as we drilled deeper, and especially when we knew we were drilling ice older than the EPICA ...

Australian scientists are monitoring the rapid melt of Denman Glacier, one of the largest frozen rivers in East Antarctica.

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 ...

Antarctica's ice sheet was much thicker during the last ice age, and it is possible that the same process of unloading and expansion of magma and gas may have contributed to past eruptions.

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