When air temperatures in Antarctica rise and glacier ice melts, water can pool on the surface of floating ice shelves, ...

Sea ice surrounding the continent expands outward, effectively doubling Antarctica's size. But during the winters of 2016 and ...

Some 7,000 years ago, West Antarctica’s ice sheet retreated, most likely driven by warmer ocean currents slipping under the ...

New research has uncovered a feedback loop that may be accelerating the melting of the floating portions of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, pushing up global sea levels. The study, published in ...

A recent study of Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf has revealed a fascinating discovery: the entire ice sheet moves forward once ...

In late February and early March, two record melt events for that time of year occurred on the Antarctic Peninsula. Overall, ...

A new study sheds light on a feedback loop that is accelerating ice shelf melting in the Antarctic, pushing up global sea ...

Antarctic sea ice has been disappearing over the last several summers. Now, climate scientists are wondering whether it will ever come back. Look out over Antarctica in the summer, and time seems ...

Record low sea ice in late 2023 led to breeding failures in one-fifth of Antarctica's emperor penguin colonies, scientists ...

Colonies of emperor penguin chicks were wiped out last year as global warming eroded their icy homes, a study published ...

Heavy pooling meltwater can fracture ice, potentially leading to ice shelf collapse. When air temperatures in Antarctica rise and glacier ice melts, water can pool on the surface of floating ice ...