Climate scientists who project future sea level rise generally assume that ice sheets respond to warming in a gradual and somewhat predictable way. As temperatures increase, the ice retreats at a pace ...

Atmospheric rivers act like "rivers in the sky," shuttling intense bands of warm, heavy moisture from lower to higher ...

When you think of Antarctica, you might imagine a stark, otherworldly continent of endless, white ice, with the only sound being the wind punctuated by the crack of a glacier calving in the distance.

A new study suggests Antarctica’s ice sheet hit a climate tipping point about one million years ago, making it far more ...

Antarctic ice cores revealed a hidden greenhouse effect that explains why some parts of Antarctica warm more dramatically ...

Antarctica is facing a terrifying new climate threat. Scientists say stronger winds, warming oceans, and rising global temperatures are creating a dangerous “triple whammy” that’s melting Antarctic ...

For decades, it seemed Antarctica might be insulated from rapid ice melting, but then sea ice began to decline dramatically. Scientists say they have figured out why ...

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A view of Shoesmith Glacier on Horseshoe Island in Antarctica, which is shrinking by 3 centimeters per day. A view of Shoesmith Glacier on Horseshoe Island in Antarctica, which is shrinking by 3 ...