Global warming is awakening sleeping giants of ice at the South Pole as glaciers start to flow faster and surface melting ...

According to a new study, Antarctica is at risk of abrupt and potentially irreversible changes to its ice, ocean, and ecosystems that could have profound implications for Australia and beyond. The ...

As long as natural CO₂ doesn’t surface from the deep ocean, the Southern Ocean can continue to absorb anthropogenic CO₂, a ...

CANBERRA (Reuters) -Rapid loss of Antarctic sea ice could be a tipping point for the global climate, causing sea level rises, changes to ocean currents and loss of marine life that are impossible to ...

Off the coast of Antarctica, the sea ice retreated toward the southernmost continent and, like a bottle cap taken off a soda ...

Antarctic ice is melting. But exactly which forces are causing it to melt and how melting will influence sea level rise are areas of active research. Understanding the decay of ice shelves, which ...

Briny warm water is mixing on the surface of the ocean, making sea ice melt faster, a new study found. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Some of the water around Antarctica has been getting saltier. And that ...

A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, and sea ice is melting at record speed, enough to match the size ...

Antarctica's winter sea ice has hit its third-lowest peak in nearly half a century of satellite monitoring, researchers said Tuesday, highlighting the growing influence of climate change on the planet ...

The peninsula region experienced temperatures near 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Images out of a northern region of Antarctica show a landscape nearly devoid of ice and snow after record-setting temperatures ...