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

High above the frozen wilderness of Antarctica, a NASA balloon has picked up signals that challenge our understanding of the ...

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

Scientists discovered 6-million-year-old ice in Antarctica, offering the oldest direct record of Earth’s ancient atmosphere ...

Antarctica is a land of extremes — icy, wild, and breathtakingly beautiful. From penguin watching and iceberg calving to ...