Antarctica's melting ice could raise sea levels significantly. Scientists urge urgent greenhouse gas reductions globally.

When scientists peered beneath one of Antarctica's floating ice shelves, they were surprised to find an upside-down landscape ...

Runaway ice loss causing rapid and catastrophic sea level rise is possible within our lifetimes.” (Source: Our Science, Your ...

Melting ice caps in Antarctica will be a "huge disaster" for the planet, Professor Luke O'Neill has warned. Scientists at a ...

Beneath Antarctica’s Dotson Ice Shelf lies a world previously unknown to scientists—a landscape of peaks, valleys, and ...

An unexpected and previously unknown topography beneath Antarctica's floating ice shelves has come to light, courtesy of a ...

Hundreds of polar researchers issue an emergency statement calling for urgent action to deal with the impacts of climate ...

Polar ice sheets are critical for climate projections, according to new research published Nov. 27 in the journal Nature ...

Is the so-called “greening” of Antarctica as its ice melts actually helping to prevent climate change given that plant life absorbs and stores carbon?” — W.P. Smith, via ...

The scientific debate around the installation of a massive underwater curtain to protect Antarctic ice sheets from melting lacks its vital political perspective. A research team argues that the ...

In the icy waters surrounding Antarctica, small shrimp-like crustaceans called krill (Euphausia superba) swim in swarms of ...

Polar ice sheets are critical for climate projections, according to new research published today in the journal Nature ...