Surface melting for the Antarctic ice sheet appears to have set a record for the 46-year satellite observation period on January 2, 2025. All areas of the Antarctic coast that generally see ...

Researchers unveil a new map and classification system that will help protect the unique plants and animals of Earth's most remote and fragile continent. Antarctica, often regarded as the planet's ...

Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...

Scientists from the University of Cambridge and British Antarctic Survey have used ice core records to draw new conclusions ...

parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreated. An ice core drilled from the ice sheet near the bordering Ronne Ice Shelf suggests that, contrary to some model reconstructions, the ice shelf ...

At the margins of the Antarctic ice sheet, glaciers flow into the Southern Ocean, forming floating ice shelves. These ice shelves act as keystones, stabilising the ice sheet. They're also shrinking.

The slab of ice — named A23a — weighs almost one trillion tonnes and could slam into South Georgia Island before either ...