A vast area of Antarctica that should be covered in winter sea ice is instead lying largely exposed to the ocean, alarming scientists and raising fresh concerns about the future of the frozen ...

Antarctica is being ravaged by a triple-whammy of climate chaos that has melted sea ice to record lows, a new study has revealed. For decades, the frozen wilderness at the bottom of the world defied ...

For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the seasonal growth and retreat of Antarctic sea ice – frozen seawater that ...

For years, climate models warned that warm deep water around Antarctica could edge closer to the continent’s icy fringe. Now the ocean itself appears to be confirming it. A decades-long analysis of ...

In 2016, Antarctic sea ice, which had previously shown record expansion, shifted rapidly toward unusually low levels. This abrupt shift left scientists scratching their heads, wondering why it had ...

Emperor penguin in its mid-molting phase. Emperor penguins have survived Antarctica's punishing climate for thousands of years thanks to their biological reset: an annual molt that replaces their worn ...

East Antarctica hosts the largest ice sheet on Earth, containing enough water to raise global sea levels by 52 meters (171 ...

East Antarctica hosts the largest ice sheet on Earth, containing enough water to raise global sea levels by 52 metres, were it to fully melt. Yet it has puzzled scientists for decades how and why this ...

For most people, Antarctica is synonymous with ice. What makes this latest development so concerning is that it is happening during the Antarctic winter.Unlike the Arctic, where sea ice reaches its ...