Scientists at the Australian Antarctic Partnership Program are just beginning to understand the dire effects of extremely low ...

The sea ice of Antarctica is a changing landscape. The ice moves every day due to wind, currents, tides and temperature changes. ... There are two main types of sea ice: pack ice and fast ice.

Extreme lows in sea ice induce many changes in the physical, ecological, and societal systems of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. A: an average sea ice summer. B: an extreme low sea ice summer. In B ...

Antarctica’s ice is degrading faster than we thought, and there may be no way to stop the consequences ... you don’t need to pack up your coastal homes like it’s high tide yet.

The sea ice in Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound has held secrets beneath its surface for decades. Now, scientists have unlocked some of those mysteries by studying how this fast ice—frozen sea water ...

Antarctic ice pack has broken a record for melting, even before the end of the austral summer. It fell to 1.91 million square kilometers on Monday, February 13, ...

Polynyas are commonly found in coastal regions of Antarctica, but this hole is far from the edge of the ice pack where the ice is much thicker, and it's the middle of winter in Antarctica.

Even as the Southern Hemisphere shifted into winter, Antarctic sea ice remained at record low levels. On June 27, the ice was dotted across about 11.7 million square kilometers of ocean.

The Interannual Variability of Antarctic Fast‐Ice Thickness in McMurdo Sound and Connections to Climate. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans , 2024; 129 (12) DOI: 10.1029/2023JC020134 Cite ...

The sea ice of Antarctica is a changing landscape. The ice moves every day due to wind, currents, tides and temperature changes. ... There are two main types of sea ice: pack ice and fast ice.