Antarctica's patterns of stark seasonal changes, with months of darkness followed by a summer of 24-hour daylight, prompted ...

At the bottom of the world lies a region as magnificent as it is misunderstood: Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Harsh, ...

NASA satellite data have revealed that Antarctica experienced a surprising ice mass gain between 2021 and 2023, despite ...

Large flat surfaces carved by ancient rivers deep beneath the East Antarctica are influencing how ice flows across the continent today, according to a new study.

A top climate scientist says we may have crossed a dangerous tipping point in Antarctica—and the long-term fallout could be ...

Antarctica has hidden beneath its great mantle of ice and snow an impressive geological feature among many other things. This ...

Antarctic sea ice began to change rapidly in 2015 and 2016. Since then it has remained well below the long-term average.

Current climate models have so far been unable to adequately reproduce the clouds over the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.

Researchers measuring the salinity of the Southern Ocean did find unexpected results, but some online reports got the details ...

Researchers found ancient river-carved plains beneath East Antarctica that may help slow ice loss and improve sea-level rise ...

Long-lost 1960s aerial photos let Copenhagen researchers watch Antarctica’s Wordie Ice Shelf crumble in slow motion. By ...

Of course, Antarctic tourism represents only a tiny fraction of overall emissions. However, the industry has a moral ...