As the world’s ice sheets have been cracking up and melting down, climatologists have warned that further decimation…

Antarctica’s coast is home to roughly 50 ice shelves—floating ledges of ice that jut out from the edge of the…

Satellites have spotted eight new emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica, as well as confirmed the existence of…

Good news, everyone! Astronomers have pinpointed the best location on Earth for studying the stars. But if you’re an…

A new paper suggests that the East Antarctic ice sheet may not be as stable as we thought. Looking at ancient…

Warm air doesn’t reach Antarctica as easily as the rest of the globe, but a new study has found that not even the…

Antarctica’s sea ice has crashed in recent years. It’s nothing to celebrate, but apparently some Antarctic penguins…

Ice in the polar regions has been under assault from rising ocean and water temperatures. While human-driven climate…

More than a year ago, researcher Julian Dowdeswell boarded a research vessel at the edge of the Fimbul ice shelf to…

As the planet warms, parts of the planet are going green—and not in the environmentally friendly way. Snow in…

There’s a new baby in town. No, I don’t mean Grimes’ and Elon Musk’s new baby, X Æ A-12, although this other baby’s…

The ice sheets are melting, and a new study research relies on state-of-the-art technology to reveal where the…

Crabeater seals have historically been quite successful. Their population ranges around 15 million, and…

The waters surrounding the Antarctic Peninsula are warming rapidly, yet we know very little about how this is…

During the Cretaceous period, a balmy forest grew less than 600 miles from the South Pole, according to new research…

Picture this: It’s 68 degrees Fahrenheit. You’re comfortably rocking a light denim jacket. You’re sipping a gin and…

It’s positively balmy in Antarctica. The National Meteorological Service of Argentina announced on Twitter that its…

Thwaites Glacier is one of the most remote parts of the Antarctic (which is saying a lot) and yet its fate is…

There are signs Antarctica just experienced its highest melt extent ever recorded in the satellite era. The big…

Spending over a year in the bleak desolation that is Antarctica might change your brain for the worse, according to…