Much of this uncertainty is because the ocean processes that control the fate of the sheet occur on an incredibly small scale ...

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 ...

The vehicle’s mission yielded key findings on glacial melt and deep currents before it disappeared under mysterious ...

At 1.2-million-years-old, a newly uncovered Antarctic ice core represents the oldest known ice on the planet. The 1.7 mile-long ice core was recovered from over 9,000 feet (2,800 meters) deep ...

Antarctica, often regarded ... These ecosystems, which occupy permanently ice-free land covering less than 0.5% of the continent, are now under growing threat from human activity and climate ...

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

Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf may be under threat due to relatively warm water from the deep sea flowing towards the shelf. Is climate change to blame? When you purchase through links on ...

A 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.

At the remote Little Dome C site in Antarctica, a research team representing twelve scientific institutions from ten European nations has just achieved a historic milestone for climate science.

Buried under kilometres of frost are some 100 volcanoes in Antarctica, with only a few peaking above the ice sheets along the western coast. But the ice at the bottom of the world is melting ...