The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...

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 Antarctic ...

Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...

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

Australian Antarctic Program scientists have released the most comprehensive database of species living in the ice-free areas ...

A 2018 study suggested that people working in Antarctica over the winter enter a state of “psychological hibernation,” marked ...

An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic ...

Measuring roughly 1,350 square miles (3,500 square kilometers) across, A23a is the world's largest and oldest iceberg ...

University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka scientists have successfully analysed more than 30 years of vital data on the thickness of landfast sea ice in Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound, which will prove ...

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

Researchers unveil a new map and classification system that will help protect the unique plants and animals of Earth's most remote and fragile continent.