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

A salty surge in the Southern Ocean is melting Antarctic sea ice from below — and causing dramatic changes scientists didn’t ...

The Antarctic ice sheet, which covers 98% of the continent, averages around 1.2 miles in thickness, with its thickest point reaching nearly 3 miles, the Australian Antarctic Program reports.

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

New research reveals Antarctic sea ice has hit record lows three times since 2017, creating cascading effects on global ...

From 2021 to 2023, ice mass in East Antarctica particularly showed signs of recovery. However, scientists still say it may not signal a long-term trend. From 2021 to 2023, ...

Many of us know Antarctica as a land of ice and not much else. But hidden beneath the miles of glaciers and ice sheets lies a landmass that was last exposed 40 million years ago.

Antarctica is also home to over 400 subglacial lakes. The largest, Lake Vostok , lies under 2.5 miles (4 km) of ice near Russia's Vostok Station. "And what's in there?

It was frozen in time. Antarctica wasn’t always a desolate icescape. International researchers announced the discovery of an over 30-million-year-old lost world beneath the Antarctic ice that ...

The Ice Memory Foundation is preparing for the upcoming transport of ice cores from mountain glaciers to the Ice Memory Sanctuary in Antarctica. The announcement was made as part of the launch of ...

But in the Antarctic sea ice continued to grow into the 2010s. The study used data from satellites to track changes by using a brightness measurement that subtly correlates to salt content.

An expedition by more than 50 researchers from seven countries has documented the gradual degradation of Antarctica: microplastics in the water, melting ice, and declining salinity in the Southern ...