The flow of ice at Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica has sped up dramatically due to the disintegration of the ice shelf in front of it, and this could lead to faster sea level rise ...

The study claims that Pine Island glacier's ice flow has increased in recent years, as the ice shelf in front of it is losing ...

With the departure of the research vessel Polarstern from Punta Arenas (Chile) scheduled for this weekend, the "Summer ...

The fastest way into the gaps between gigantic blocks of a broken-up glacier is by lowering instruments from above, through ...

Craig Stevens receives funding from the NZ Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment and its Strategic Science Investment Fund, and the Antarctica New Zealand Antarctic Science Platform. He is ...

The Discovery Building features a wind deflector that prevents snow from piling up next to the building. It could change how we build in harsh climates. It has been two weeks since Winter Storm Fern ...

A 1550 square km (963 sq mi.) iceberg, designated A81 broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. A time-lapse of the 'calving ...

Some regions of the continent have enough ice to push up sea levels by 15 metres if they all melt, but researchers don’t yet fully understand the consequences ...

"The coldest water anywhere in the ocean is beneath the Antarctic ice shelves," Dr. Steve Rintoul, an oceanographer and ...

Scientists warn that growing rifts in Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier could speed up global sea level rise, heightening climate risks worldwide.

The first icefish was discovered in 1927, swimming in the frigid waters of the southernmost extreme of the Earth, the ...

Antarctica sits atop one of the planet’s most powerful climate levers. The frigid waters encircling the continent soak up a ...