A new study published in Science Advances helps explain why Antarctic sea ice has plunged to record lows since 2015 and why ...

For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden Antarctic threat that could accelerate global sea level rise far faster than expected.

Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier collapsed with shocking speed, retreating 15 miles in only 15 months and setting a modern ...

An autonomous submarine named Ran discovers strange structures under the Dotson Ice Shelf in Antarctica, before mysteriously ...

For decades, the frozen Antarctic wilderness at the bottom of the world defied global warming trends, with ice levels ...

New data confirms what climate experts have long worried about: a warm mass of deep polar water has expanded toward Antarctica.

Scientists have uncovered a new threat hiding under the floating edges of Antarctica: fast moving, stormlike swirls of water that attack the ice from below. These secretive currents, spinning in the ...

Hidden warm-water traps beneath Antarctica may be melting the continent’s ice far faster than scientists realized.

On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice free. Scientists were able to reach places never sampled before. Over the ...

This undated image shows chunks of ice in the North Cove in Antarctica. (Michael Shortt/British Antarctic Survey via AP) (CN) — A saltier, warmer ocean likely sounds inviting — unless you’re a penguin ...