Antarctica holds 90% of the world’s fresh water and God help us, if it melts], whales will be swimming in the streets of New York — Jacques Yves Cousteau ...

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

The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend. Two kilometers thick on average and covering nearly twice the ...

Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf may be under threat due to relatively warm water from the deep sea flowing towards the ...

“Volcanic activity has been shown to affect Earth’s climate in a myriad of ways,” the authors write. “One such example is ...

Antarctic scientists have extracted what is believed to be the world's oldest ice. The international team successfully drilled a 2.8-kilometer-long ice core, reaching the bedrock beneath the ...

While I respect those who consider each trip a blank slate, Antarctica is a place you don’t want to visit with an empty head. Because it’s covered with ice, snow, and fog, appreciating the ...

Over time, Antarctica may evolve from a cold desert reminiscent of the Martian landscape to an ecosystem akin to Arctic ...

A portion of the world's iciest, coldest continent is "greening" at a dramatic rate because of global warming, scientists announced in a recent study. In fact, the research showed that vegetation ...

They announced on Wednesday that parts of the oldest ice from the Antarctic to date will arrive in Switzerland. The 2.8-kilometre-long ice core holds climate data dating back over 1.2 million years.

Thompson said the ice shelves act “like dams by holding back the flow of ice from the Antarctic continent into the ocean”, and the researchers wanted to understand their structure and stability.