The continent’s ice is melting and raising sea levels worldwide. Our journalists will be sending regular dispatches as they ...

Antarctica faces abrupt, irreversible climate changes as warming nears 1.5 °C, threatening ice, oceans, ecosystems, and ...

It is not the near-mythical realm imagined by earlier cartographers, who left it as a blank space labeled “Unknown Southern Land.” It is a vital continent full of clues about our planet’s deep past ...

A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s ...

ANTARCTICA (AP) — The Southern Ocean is one of the most remote places on Earth, but that doesn’t mean it is tranquil.

As visitor numbers climb and warnings of environmental risks mount, it remains to be seen whether new rules will be introduced, or if Antarctica will remain a frontier for high-carbon adventure ...

Antarctica, the southernmost continent of the planet, is much more than just an icy white desert. An interwoven system of shifting ice, dribbling waters, and howling winds determines the day-to-day ...

Relay Station, an unmanned weather station in the interior of East Antarctica. Unmanned stations are designed to survive Antarctic temperatures below -70°C and have revealed the main cause of warming ...

Antarctica could be completely ice-free one day if we allow climate change to continue unabated. The change will take ...

An Argo ocean float was lost in the Antarctic for months under the Denman and Shackleton ice shelves, and it returned with ...

A study published today found that while ice shelves in West Antarctica melt year-round, those in East Antarctica experience summer melting spikes, when sea ice retreats and warm ocean water flows ...