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

Antarctica, often regarded as the planet's last true wilderness, harbors unique ecosystems that support extraordinary ...

Did you know that the ice in Greenland and Antarctica is melting faster than ever? 🌍 This rapid change has serious ...

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The boundary layer between the ice shelf and the ocean is cold, miles from anywhere, and beneath very thick ice, so it's no wonder it has hardly been measured at all. Studying this layer with ...

As the ice sheets melt, eruptions may become more common – and stronger If you picture Antarctica, a continent roughly the size of the US and Mexico combined, an endless white void probably ...

Dating the underlying rocks will hopefully give scientists a good idea of the last time that this part of Antarctica was ice free ... particularly fascinated by all things aquatic, paleontology ...

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.

"Many people are surprised to learn that Antarctica has any permanently ice-free lands at all. And yet, these tiny habitat patches contain the vast majority of the continent's biodiversity," says ...