Gigantic iceberg breaks off George VI Ice Shelf, exposing century-old underwater ecosystem with Antarctic sponges and corals.

The Tasman Sea's winter temperatures can influence heat flow to the Antarctic Peninsula through atmospheric ripple effects.

For decades, the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) has been a significant player in the global sea-level rise crisis, with its mass ...

“This is an unprecedented opportunity,” said Alison Criscitiello, a co-leader on the project and director of the Canadian Ice ...

Scientists are working to shed new light on an enduring climate mystery—one that, if solved, could help them make more ...

Scientists at Little Dome C recovered the oldest continuous ice core, unlocking 1.2 million years of Earth’s climate history.

Armed with lab equipment and two months of food and clothes, around 60 researchers boarded the RSV Nuyina icebreaker ship for ...

A trip to Antarctica might feel less like crossing the ocean and more like crossing the galaxy, but what happens there ...

The algae that grows on patches of ice in Antarctica alters the albedo — or the ice's reflectivity — enough to make the ...

That changed in 2022, when researchers studying North Atlantic sediment cores found signs of an enormous ice dam collapse 125 ...

Antarctic sea ice is now melting at an alarming rate ... an event that some researchers believe resulted in humankind’s near-extinction. Recently retrieved ice cores may offer an answer, in turn, ...