In a study published Sept. 10, improved technology indicated that ice loss in western Antarctica is driven primarily by northerly winds. Researchers fed idealized atmospheric conditions into a model ...

As climate change slowly strips Antarctica of its glistening white ice, the frozen continent is getting more and more green. New NASA imaged reveal how vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula ...

Two papers published in Nature Geoscience in June indicate that Antarctic ice shelves are melting more rapidly than previously anticipated. The papers detail two distinct mechanisms for melting that ...

The first color that comes to mind when thinking about Antarctica is a stark white, which makes sense, given the southernmost continent is generally buried in ice and snow. It has earned its ...

The Antarctic ice sheet is melting in a new, worrying way that scientific models used to project future sea level rise have not taken into account, suggesting current projections could be ...

Melting ice sheets are often considered synonymous with climate change in the media, with evocative images of lone polar bears floating on ever-shrinking rafts of ice. While impacts such as sea level ...

An international research team is surveying a water conduit beneath the surface of the ice shelf in Antarctica. The conduit forms as the ice melts. The melting is accelerated by the upwelling water ...

If you've ever built a sandcastle on the beach, you've seen how sea water in the sand can quickly undermine the castle. A new study by the British Antarctic Survey concludes warmer seawater may work ...