About 9,000 years ago, part of Antarctica’s eastern ice sheet collapsed astonishingly fast, driven by warmer ocean water. The ...

New study explains how winter sea ice and melting ice shelves control the formation of deep ocean water in Antarctica.

Due to its thick, vast ice sheet, Antarctica appears to be a single, continuous landmass centered over the South Pole and ...

Antarctica, one of the most remote places on Earth, teems with life. For tourists who make it this far south, the experience ...

New findings about ocean processes in the Antarctic show melting ice shelves and changes to sea ice could have catastrophic ...

Leopard seals rank among the largest seal species on Earth, with adult females reaching nearly 12 feet in length and weighing ...

Imagine peeling back miles of frozen white and revealing valleys, rivers, and mountains that haven't seen sunlight in tens of ...

By measuring the ocean beneath ice shelves, scientists can better understand glacier melt and sea-level rise. The fate of the ...

With a rise in global temperatures, Antarctica was facing extreme shrinkage in ice and weak ocean currents, and scientists warned about them.

An investigation into one of four places where a dense, cold type of water is known to exist has sparked alarm. Find out more ...

Antarctica’s key glaciers are melting faster as underwater storms churn warm water upward. New research reveals surprising ...