"We expected to see some greening, but I don't think we were expecting it on the scale that we reported here," researcher Tom ...

The Conger Ice Shelf disintegrated in 2022. Satellite data leading up to the collapse hint at worrying changes in a supposedly stable ice sheet.

An international team of oceanographers, Antarctic specialists and meteorologists has found evidence that the collapse of Antarctica's Conger ice shelf in 2022 was due to ice melting and weakening ...

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

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 ...

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

The vast West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough ice to raise sea level by 4-5 m if it melts completely. Research has found a ...

By Etienne Legrain, researcher, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) & Emilie Capron, paleoclimatologist, CNRS, Université ...

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

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 ...