The vast Antarctic Ice Sheet holds more than half of Earth's freshwater. In several places around the continent, the ice ...

Climate change − a global phenomenon − can neither be confirmed nor disproven by comparing Antarctic sea ice extent on two ...

By the end of 2024, Antarctic sea ice extent had recovered to 7.3 million square kilometres (2.8 million square miles) — very close to the 1981 to 2010 average, NSIDC said. This erased the record and ...

If Antarctic ice continues to melt at its current rate, it could trigger a feedback loop which may lead to an increase in ...

As ice recedes, hidden volcanoes under Antarctica awaken, reshaping predictions for climate change. When glaciers melt, they ...

The decline of sea ice around Antarctica is fueling more frequent storms in the Southern Ocean, a new study finds.

The record-breaking retreat of Antarctic sea ice in 2023 has led to more frequent storms over newly exposed parts of the ...

A slow climate feedback loop may be bubbling beneath Antarctica's vast ice sheet. The continent, divided east to west by the ...

Turquet’s octopus, which is widespread around Antarctica, has a lot to tell scientists about West Antarctica's imminent ice ...

The 2024 award for the biggest disjoint between the importance of a story and the coverage it got must surely go to the ...

Antarctic sea ice rebounded in December after a long period of record lows, US scientists said, giving pause to speculation that Earth's frozen continent could be undergoing a permanent change.