New research explores the wide-ranging consequences of record low summer sea ice in Antarctica. From more ocean warming to ...

Researchers have discovered a dramatic and unexpected shift in the Southern Ocean, with surface water salinity rising and sea ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater near the surface could help explain some of the decrease in Antarctic sea ...

There is currently less sea ice in the Antarctic than at any time in the forty years since the beginning of satellite observation: in early February 2023, only 2.20 million square kilometers of ...

The claim: Changes in Antarctic sea ice coverage shows global warming is not happening. A Dec. 28 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows two maps of Antarctic sea ice dated Dec. 26, 1979 ...

A new study found that Antarctic ice shelves have shrunk by at least 30% since 1997. That's enough ice that if it melted, it would cover the continental US in 3 feet of water.

Antarctica’s huge glacial ice expanse and the surrounding sea ice cover are critical to regulating the climate, because it reflects the sun’s energy back to the atmosphere and space.

Sea ice that covers the ocean around Antarctica hit a record low surface area in the winter, a preliminary analysis of US satellite data shows, and scientists fear the impact of climate change is ...

The land underneath the East Antarctic ice sheet is less well-known than the surface of Mars,” said Durham University Professor Stewart Jamieson, summing up the deep mystery that has only just started ...

Then, as Antarctic winter approaches, the ice begins to grow again. At its most expansive, the sea ice covers an area the size of Antarctica itself – essentially, the frozen continent doubles in ...

Ice shelves cover around a third of the continental shelf—1.5 million square kilometers—but our knowledge is based on a handful of records from boreholes drilled through the ice shelves," he said.

There is currently less sea ice in the Antarctic than at any time in the forty years since the beginning of satellite observation: in early February 2023, only 2.20 million square kilometres of ...