It’s a comforting idea, but a new study did not find evidence to support it.
Perhaps surprisingly, the answer isn't climate change.
A new study lays out the best- and worst-case scenarios for a warming Antarctica. Which one becomes reality is entirely up to us.
This marks the first time a shark has been caught on camera in these frigid waters.
Scientists aren't fully sure what this means for Antarctica's future, however.
A project that has been years in the making came to an early halt about 3,000 feet deep in the ice.
A new map of the landscape beneath the continent's ice sheet reveals a previously undiscovered terrain.
The iceberg could completely disintegrate within days or weeks, scientists say.
The findings hint at the creeping presence of microplastics near the South Pole, researchers suggest.
“Against the enormity of such a wild region, this is an amazing story of the little float that could.”
When ice freezes and melts, it creates vortices that drag warmer waters from the depths to the surface, where they eat away at the continent's rapidly degrading ice shelves.
The ice sample, retrieved in Antarctica, is the oldest on record—but this discovery may just be tip of the iceberg.
Scientists discovered a peculiar “fish neighborhood," one more reason to designate the Weddell Sea as a Marine Protected Area.
It turns out explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton knew his vessel had shortcomings.
Researchers evaluated five geoengineering concepts proposed for Earth’s polar regions and found them to be “environmentally dangerous.”
Experts believe the "megaberg" known as A23a could vanish in a matter of weeks.
"Abrupt changes" threaten to send the continent past the point of no return, a new study finds.
Until this week, the teenager had been ensnared in a court case involving the Chilean government.
Strong ocean tides could be driving the growth of huge fractures in Antarctica’s ice shelves, new research suggests.
These ancient cores may contain clues about an unexplained change in Earth’s glacial-interglacial cycles, and could shed light on how human-generated emissions will shape our planet’s future.
