Global warming is awakening sleeping giants of ice at the South Pole as glaciers start to flow faster and surface melting ...
"Warmth from the global ocean is now mixing into the water that's closest to Antarctica," said Ted Scambos, senior research ...
As long as natural CO₂ doesn’t surface from the deep ocean, the Southern Ocean can continue to absorb anthropogenic CO₂, a ...
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is one of the most dynamic regions of the Antarctic continent. Much of its bed lies below ...
Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing ...
Scientists found patches on the Antarctic seafloor called "seeps" where fluid and gas move up through sediments and into the ...
New underwater footage reveals how anchors and chains from ships are damaging the Antarctic seafloor and its marine life.
Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it ...
What comes to mind when you think of Antarctica? Probably snow and ice. But a group of international scientists are shaking up what we think we know about the continent after unveiling a new, very ...
Researchers plan to install the first Japanese radio telescope in Antarctica to study how stars are formed, enhancing the ...