Ocean heat, not air temperature, may decide Antarctica’s fate as new models predict widespread ice shelf loss by 2300.

Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet due to global warming has long-term, irreversible societal impacts with important ...

The mind-blowing pace of retreat from the Hektoria Glacier is reminiscent of glacial retreats from the Ice Ages.

Antarctica's Hidden Power Over Global Climate Systems Antarctica is a vital component of Earth's climate system, influencing ...

The main goal of the expedition had been to locate, map, and capture images of the Endurance, the historic ship from Shackleton’s 1915 expedition that sank in the same area. However, during their ...

In the beginning of 2025, a team of scientists discovered a pristine underwater ecosystem in the Antarctic (Southern) Ocean after a large iceberg broke away from the massive continent. Now, only a few ...

Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula lost nearly half its size astonishingly rapidly. Scientists have now discovered the reasons behind its rapid retreat and say it raises fears for sea level ...

We all know that climate change is slowly causing massive changes to our world. What you might not know is that those changes are more extensive than just rising sea levels. In fact, research has ...

The Antarctic, or Southern, Ocean is the world’s least-explored and least understood. But a team of scientists in land-locked Boulder has recently made a discovery that may lead to a better ...

Antarctica, and the treaty that protects it, have been in the news of late – but for all the wrong reasons, argues Professor ...

The Antarctic region is one of the most pristine wildernesses left on the planet. However, it is facing a number of threats, such as overfishing, pollution and climate change. WWF is working in this ...

The necessity to protect the world’s last remaining continental wilderness from potential ecological collapse. Few of the earth’s remaining wilderness environments are more vulnerable or valuable than ...