Sea ice that has persisted for at least 15 days and is held fast to the shoreline is called "fast ice." Around Antarctica, ...

Antarctica is losing ice quickly, in part because of climate change. Massive calving events, such as the one that formed the ...

As global temperatures rise, the ecology of Antarctica is already changing, but Earth's climate would have to change ...

Gravity waves form when fluids with different densities meet. An example of this would be waves in the sea. These waves can ...

A recent emergency statement from polar researchers has warned that climate change is causing rapid damage to Antartica.

Great swaths of the planet are drier with saltier soils, jeopardizing food production and water access for billions.

Melting Antarctic ice continues to cause sea levels to rise, with the potential to affect millions of people living along ...

Soaring carbon emissions, an unexpected new source of global warming, and collapsing ocean currents shocked scientists in ...

Massive reductions in Antarctic sea ice in recent years has been correlated with more stormy days in the Southern Ocean, and ...

The amount of vegetated area on the Antarctic Peninsula has grown nearly 14 times over since the middle of the 1980s ...

Antarctic ice sheets melted rapidly 20 million years ago due to orbital changes. Researchers warn modern emissions could trigger similar instability, urging climate action. Geoscientists led by the Un ...