With approximately one-third of the world's population living within a day's walk of a coastline, sea-level rise poses a serious global threat. Every centimeter of sea-level rise could displace 1.5 ...

Antarctica stores most of the planet’s land ice in a sheet that is thousands of feet thick across vast areas. Converting all ...

Scientists discovered active marine microbes living around Antarctica’s Blood Falls, revealing a biological link to an ...

(Paul Souders/Stone/Getty Images) Across the last 200 years, Antarctica has been copping a whole lot of mercury pollution, ...

In January 2025, a massive event occurred at the Antarctic that changed what we know about life in the extreme cold. An iceberg the size of Chicago, named ‘A-84,’ broke away from Antarctica’s George ...

Geoff Somers, who has died aged 76, made a 3,700-mile crossing of Antarctica by dog sled in 1989-90 with the International ...

Antarctic Bottom Water volume shrinking four times faster since 2015, affecting global ocean circulation and climate.

Discover Antarctica's hidden ecosystems and their role in climate change as scientists explore the seafloor using advanced ...

Antarctica’s Blood Falls looks exactly like what the feature’s name suggests. But despite appearing to bleed out for millions ...

The rate at which Antarctica is losing ice today could provide governments with a reliable basis for planning for sea level rise through the middle of this century, according to an international study ...

A severe Antarctic blast swept across New Zealand's South Island on Tuesday, bringing rare sea-level snowfall, icy conditions ...

It’s mid-winter but a large area of West Antarctica that should be frozen solid is not frozen. What’s up? Antarctica is the coldest spot on the planet where the average winter temperature is -34.4°C ( ...