Satellite data shows that Antarctic ice sheets have grown in size, prompting claims that climate change is in reverse or even ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...

The team had to drill some 2 miles deep to get enough ice to study a 50,000 year time span. After conducting an extensive ...

In 2022, an international team of scientists sent a 20-foot-long autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) named “Ran” to traverse ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater near the surface could help explain some of the decrease in Antarctic sea ...

Mountains, sub-glacial lakes, hidden valleys, even remnants of lost civilizations: what lies under Antarctica’s vast ...

A recent study found that four large glacier basins in East Antarctica have experienced substantial ice growth over the past ...

Major tipping points for Earth’s ice sheets and mountain glaciers can occur at temperatures well below 1.5°C, said scientists ...

Modern-day environments in Antarctica contain ponds filled with life forms that closely resemble early multicellular ...

The collapse of the world’s second-largest ice sheet would drown cities worldwide. Is that ice more vulnerable than we know?

When the Earth froze over, where did life shelter? MIT scientists say one refuge may have been pools of melted ice that ...