Antarctica faces abrupt, irreversible climate changes as warming nears 1.5 °C, threatening ice, oceans, ecosystems, and ...

Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd in Antarctica - the polar explorer whose classified 1947 diary described impossible temperate valleys, disc-shaped aircraft, and warnings from mysterious humanoid figures.

These 15 places represent the fragile edges of our world—from ice sheets the size of continents to underwater mountains—where ...

Video. Catherine Drysdale became the first woman to win the Antarctic Ice Marathon in its 20-year history, finishing the 2025 ...

The Moon is shifting from a distant backdrop to a contested frontier, as governments and companies race to turn its ice, ...

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The Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica plays a vital role in the global climate. A new study shows that, at the end of the last ice age, Antarctic bottom water expanded significantly, releasing ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In May 2014, NASA announced at a press conference that a portion of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appeared to have reached a point of ...

Shaina Sadai has received funding from the National Science Foundation and the Hitz Family Foundation. Ambarish Karmalkar receives funding from National Science Foundation. When polar ice sheets melt, ...

Antarctic sea ice reached its seasonal winter maximum on Sept. 17, 2025, but even at its greatest extent of the year, coverage remained strikingly low by historical standards. Satellite imagery and ...

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet covers some 760,000 square miles and is up to 1.2 miles thick. If it were to ever melt away entirely, it would add 10 feet to global sea levels. Even considering how ...

Underwater “storms” are melting the ice shelf protecting the Thwaites “doomsday” glacier in Antarctica, raising concerns that we could be underestimating future sea level rise. Up to 10 kilometres ...