Georgia Tech researchers have developed a mathematical formula to predict the size of lakes that form on melting ice ...

“Nowhere on Earth is there a greater cause of uncertainty in sea-level rise projections than from East Antarctica, in ...

Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it represents a permanent shift with potentially catastrophic consequences ...

Studies of historic ice sheets, such as Kelley and Jackson's, allow researchers to learn what caused them to collapse. Ice ...

Antarctic sea ice has recorded its third-smallest winter peak extent since satellite records began 47 years ago, new data reveals.

Satellites reveal 85 new lakes beneath Antarctica’s ice, exposing a shifting underworld that influences glaciers and future sea-level rise.

When volcanic eruptions make headlines, the images often depict fiery lava and towering ash clouds. But beneath Antarctica’s frozen landscape, volcanoes quietly shape Earth's climate in surprising ...

Antarctic sea ice has been melting rapidly, and this, in addition to being a scientific concern, has become a concrete threat to global climate balance. The melting ice cover has been observed in ...

For further information, please see our "The lengthening trend of lower Antarctic sea ice poses real concerns regarding stability and melting of the ice sheet. However, it may also be leading to ...

The remains of a British researcher who fell into a crevasse on an Antarctic glacier 66 years ago have been recovered, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) said. Dennis Bell, then 25, vanished into the ...

The Ross Ice Shelf appears to be melting in previously unknown ways. This is an Inside Science story. Most of the worry over melting ice in Antarctica has focused on the rapidly melting western shore, ...