Antarctica gained ice between 2021 and 2023, driven by heavy snowfall. But scientists say the growth is temporary and does ...

Learn about the new technique being used to study cracks that have formed on Antarctica's unstable Doomsday Glacier.

Satellite imagery has revealed a yet-to-be-explained rise in the Southern Ocean's salinity. It could be a key factor in the decline of the region's sea ice.

It's been covered in ice for 34 million years. But scientists are finally uncovering what Antarctica's landscape really looks ...

East Antarctica is the largest ice sheet on Earth. Alone, it holds enough frozen water to raise global sea levels by a ...

The remains of landscapes thought to have formed when ancient rivers flowed across East Antarctica have been discovered—and ...

The left map illustrates the cumulative melt days on the Greenland Ice Sheet for the 2025 melt season through June 30. The ...

A total collapse of the roughly 80-mile-wide Thwaites Glacier, the widest in the world, would trigger changes that could lead ...

Putting aerosols in the stratosphere to reflect sunlight could prevent the shutdown of key ocean currents, but only if it is ...

Scientists aren’t too optimistic and have said there’s a 'grim outlook' if the glacier melts, plunging parts of the world ...

New research from the Chilean Patagonia has identified a link between glacial retreat and underground volcanic activity ...

And the eruptions can make warming worse, melting more glaciers.