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

Microbes near the surface of the Southern Ocean sustain the polar food chain — impacting the nutrient flow from the surface ...

Endurance athlete Colin O'Brady, celebrated internationally in 2018 as the first person to traverse Antarctica solo and unassisted, is returning to the unforgiving continent for an even more arduous ...

The collapsing sea ice around the Antarctic continent has led to a doubling in the number of icebergs calving from ice sheets and a surge in sea temperatures, and the impacts are growing more severe ...

Antarctica may have passed a climate tipping point of no return, scientists are warning, with mounting evidence that a sudden slump in sea ice formation since 2016 is linked to human-induced ocean ...

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 ...

New advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming the way scientists explore and understand some of the most ...

Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing ...