Antarctica’s ice, ocean, and ecosystems are approaching tipping points that could trigger irreversible global impacts.

Nearly 600 years ago, a massive volcanic eruption sent clouds of sulfurous gas and ash high into the atmosphere. The blast ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Antarctica is home to around 20 million breeding pairs of penguins, like these Adelie penguins ...

For decades, researchers seeking to understand global climate change have analyzed ice cores drilled deep within the ...

Antarctica remains the most mysterious continent on Earth — a frozen world of glaciers, hidden mountains, and untouched ...

Scientists have identified 85 previously unknown lakes hidden beneath Antarctica's ice using a decade's worth of satellite data. The newfound lakes are "active," meaning they periodically drain and ...

The Antarctic Ice Sheet gained mass between 2021 and 2023, a dramatic reversal from decades of loss. Four key glacier basins in East Antarctica showed significant growth due to increased snowfall. The ...

A group of researchers in Antarctica have found strange radio waves coming from below the ice. According to the results published in the Physical Review Letters, the mysterious radio waves were ...

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 ...

A RAAF C-17A Globemaster III dropped the supplies to Casey Station, 3,880 kilometres south of Perth, to the active personnel ...

Some strange radio signals are broadcasting out of Antarctic ice, and the researchers who found them don’t know why. Using a cosmic particle detector, researchers at Penn State detected peculiar ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 ...