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 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 ...

An international team of scientists, including a researcher from the University of Manitoba, has drilled what’s believed to ...

A comparison of polar sea ice extents on two random days does not provide enough information to determine whether or not Earth's climate is changing.

The claim: Polar sea ice extents show climate change is a 'scam' A Dec. 23, 2024, Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a map of Antarctic ... Ice sheets NASA Vital Signs of the Planet ...

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 ...

Scientists hope the research project, which drilled down to the bedrock beneath the Antarctic ice sheet, will shed light ... of extensive work using radar to map out a spot to drill, which the ...

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

Figure 1. The top left map shows the total melt days for the Antarctic Ice Sheet from November 1, 2024 to January 1, 2025, with an up-close map of the Antarctic Peninsula to its right. The bottom left ...