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

Surface melting for the Antarctic ice sheet appears to have set a record for the 46-year satellite observation period on January 2, 2025. All areas of the Antarctic coast that generally see ...

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

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

Scientists from the University of Cambridge and British Antarctic Survey have used ice core records to draw new conclusions ...

Antarctica's first sighting on January 28, 1820, by Bellingshausen and Lazarev marked the beginning of unparalleled ...

Last week, the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) began the pilot drill for the Million Year Ice Core Project (MYIC), a ...

Antarctica is not truly home to anyone, as far as we know, but between 1,000 and 10,000 hardy workers can be stationed there, depending on the season, while around 40,000 tourists come and go each ...

The A23a iceberg broke away from Antarctica nearly 40 years ago and is now en route to smash into British territory South ...

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

The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend. Two kilometres thick on average and covering nearly twice the area of Australia, the ice sheet holds enough freshwater to raise global ...

The coldest air of the winter is likely on the way as Siberian air lunges eastward next week after nosediving onto the Great ...