Sea ice around Antarctica expanded for several decades until a dramatic decline in 2015. The reasons behind this are revealed ...

An article published recently in Nature Geoscience warns that Antarctica's ice masses have begun to experience a process scientists call "Greenlandification." The term refers to the unprecedented ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Antarctica abrupt changes threaten ice, oceans, and ecosystems, with global impacts unless emissions fall fast. (CREDIT: ...

Beneath the thick ice of East Antarctica lies a hidden world—untouched for over 34 million years. This frozen expanse, more than 10 million square kilometers wide, has long concealed a forgotten ...

Bacteria living in Antarctica’s barren desert soils have developed a survival strategy that defies conventional biology: they ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than the other continents—a great ...

What if the icy lands of Antarctica, often in the news for melting, started growing instead? Scientists have recently shared exciting news that might change how we think about the coldest place on ...

Shifts in different facets of Antarctica's climate system amplify each other and accelerate the pace of warming globally as well The only way to slow down the interlocking changes in Antarctica is to ...

Scientists are sounding the alarm about sudden and dramatic changes unfolding across Antarctica. The icy continent, once thought to respond only slowly to climate shifts, is showing signs of rapid ...