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.

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

The biggest iceberg on Earth is heading toward a remote island, creating a potential threat to penguins and seals inhabiting ...

The world’s biggest iceberg — a 130-foot (40-meter) tall 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.

As the smaller portion of the Antarctic continent, the ice sheet is particularly vulnerable to collapse – yet its underlying volcanic rift is rarely taken into account when modeling its future. Our ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attend a signing ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool Photo ...

For Russia, the new treaty with Iran – a country which might be closer than ever to being capable of producing a nuclear weapon – may be partly about dangling the specter of further escalation ...

Rockaboo Mountain Adventures has made up for this loss by building a 15-metre-tall ice climbing wall in the heart of downtown Jasper.

MOSCOW, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday signed a 20-year strategic partnership treaty that includes closer defence ...

Iran, Russia sign strategic treaty Move likely to worry West Both ... Andrew was part of a Wall Street Journal reporting team short-listed for a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting.

University of Tasmania provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend. Two kilometres thick on average and covering nearly twice ...