sea ice in Antarctic waters shows no significant variation. ”As NASA's Earth Observatory points out, it is the declines in sea ice at the other pole, in the Arctic, that are pushing down the ...

It measures a whopping 210 sq miles – almost as big as the city of Chicago in Illinois (230 sq miles). But this newborn ...

Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep, on average — and ...

Buried a mile underneath the ice of Antarctica, the University of Wisconsin’s south pole particle detector, IceCube Neutrino Observatory, has discovered unprecedented amounts of energy beneath the ...

The breakup of the massive Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica is getting closer and ... since their ice is already resting in the ocean like an ice cube in a glass. However, because they act like ...

Estimating the rate at which Antarctic ice masses are melting as a result of global warming is an important element in predicting sea water rise. Changes in mass can be precisely determined today with ...

The Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) has shown signs of record-breaking growth after decades of contributing to global sea-level rise — as experts reveal their theories why. A study published in ...