Cracking, creaking ice at the bottom of the world is quietly shaping the future climate you live in. New research from ...

Headlines about melting ice sheets usually focus on what is lost and then move on. What comes next is often overlooked, even ...

A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s ...

When we think of global warming, what first comes to mind is the air: crushing heat waves that are felt rather than seen, ...

Iceberg A-23A has had a long and arduous journey. It first broke off from Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986. Afterwards ...

Understanding what happens to Antarctica’s ice matters, because as it melts, sea levels rise, affecting lives and economies around the world.

The continent’s ice is melting and raising sea levels worldwide. Our journalists will be sending regular dispatches as they ...

An Australian research team deployed a robotic ocean probe in April 2024 to study Antarctica's hidden depths. The ...

Strip away Antarctica’s ice and the familiar white disc at the bottom of the map dissolves into something far stranger: a ...

There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land ...

Glacial earthquakes are rocking the Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica. Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake ...