Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula retreated 25 kilometres in just 15 months. Its rapid melt could have implications for other glaciers and the rate of sea level rise ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ice cores from Antarctica reveal "snapshots" from 6 million years of Earth's climatic history. Antarctica is far more than just a bucket-list destination for travelers and a home for penguins. It's a ...

Beneath Antarctica’s frozen surface lies a hidden world that could change how we see our planet. If the vast white expanse of Antarctica were to lose its frozen shell, an astonishingly rugged and ...

As the map shows, the naked land beneath the Antarctic ice sheet is a rugged land, covered in mountain ranges, gorges, and jagged terrain. Remarkably, one part of the bed found under the Byrd Glacier ...

At the edge of East Antarctica, where the wind howls through a white emptiness and the air bites harder than steel, ...

The busy Antarctic season is highlighted by two long crossings, two round trips to the South Pole and back, and an unusual ...

A study published today found that while ice shelves in West Antarctica melt year-round, those in East Antarctica experience ...

2024 may have been Earth's hottest year in at least 125,000 years, according to a grim climate report published Wednesday (Oct. 29) that describes our world as "on the brink" and warns its "vital ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin Parts of both the Arctic and Antarctic have experienced historically high temperatures in recent weeks, ...

In the summer of 1831, something strange happened to the skies over Europe and North America. As witnesses later described, ...