Melting Antarctic ice isn’t doing what scientists thought it would. A groundbreaking new study reveals that when the West Antarctic Ice Sheet shrinks, it releases iron-rich sediment into the Southern ...

Researchers warn Antarctica is undergoing abrupt changes that could trigger global consequences. Melting ice, collapsing ice shelves, and disrupted ocean circulation threaten sea levels, ecosystems, ...

As the last Ice Age waned and the Holocene dawned, deep-ocean circulation around Antarctica underwent dramatic shifts that helped release long-stored carbon back into the atmosphere. Deep-sea ...

Beneath Antarctica’s vast ice sheet lies a hidden landscape of lakes, heat, moving water, and geological activity that few people realize exists. Recent observations suggest this concealed system is ...