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

A sudden salinity spike in the Southern Ocean is accelerating Antarctic ice loss and triggering a dangerous climate feedback ...

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 ...

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

Emperor penguin populations are falling much faster than expected. Ice is melting beneath their chicks before they’re ready.

The two ice sheets on Earth today cover most of Greenland and Antarctica. During the last ice age, ice sheets also covered much of North America and Scandinavia.

Unusual radio waves were discovered below the surface of Antarctica over a decade ago, which follow-up studies haven’t been ...

Beneath the thick ice of East Antarctica lies a hidden world—untouched for over 34 million years. This frozen expanse, more than 10 million square kilometers wide, has long concealed a forgotten ...

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 ...

Retreating glaciers — rivers of ice shrinking back as the world warms — are the most tangible and direct evidence of climate ...

Collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet would cause devastating sea-level rise globally over the next few hundred years, ... The two ice sheets on Earth today cover most of Greenland and Antarctica.

The Kremlin is expanding its military presence in the Arctic and preparing a foothold for resource-driven expansion, ...