Learn why a surge in the Southern Ocean’s salinity is an alarming sign for the future of Antarctic ice.

Discover why Antarctica no longer has lush forests with giant ferns and how ancient fires fueled intense volcanic activity.

On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice ...

Polar adventurer Alan Chambers has teamed up with climate scientists to see if microplastics and nanoplastics have reached ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...

Ancient Antarctic Sea Monster May Have Laid This Football-Size Egg. A 68 million-year-old egg the size of a football — the ...

Scientists have been struggling to understand why Antarctic sea ice has declined rapidly and continues to decline. Read more ...

If snowy landscapes and penguins casually waddling past you are what dreams are made of, then Antarctica's icy wilderness ...

Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated ocean warming, faster loss ...

This has serious implications for rising sea levels, weather systems and life on land and sea. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater near the surface could help explain some of the decrease in Antarctic sea ...

Antarctica has lost sea ice equal to the size of Greenland—the largest environmental change observed on Earth in recent ...