The pristine world of Antarctica, a kingdom of ice and snow, is facing a hidden danger: ocean currents. Its massive ice ...

New research has uncovered a feedback loop that may be accelerating the melting of the floating portions of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, pushing up global sea levels. The study sheds new light on the ...

Antarctica's ice shelves are melting more rapidly than previously known because of climate change, according to a new US Geological Survey report prepared in close collaboration with the British ...

Some 7,000 years ago, West Antarctica’s ice sheet retreated, most likely driven by warmer ocean currents slipping under the ...

In late February and early March, two record melt events for that time of year occurred on the Antarctic Peninsula. Overall, ...

Antarctica's ice shelves could be melting up to 40% faster than we thought, study warns Antarctica's ice shelves could be melting up to 40 per cent faster than we thought due to coastal ocean ...

New research has found a "missing piece of the puzzle" of West Antarctic Ice Sheet melt, revealing that the collapse of the ...

The Getz Ice Shelf from 2016’s Operation Icebridge in Antarctica. According to a study published on Jan. 14, 2019, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Antarctica is melting more than ...

Antarctic sea ice has been disappearing over the last several summers. Now, climate scientists are wondering whether it will ...

Can it reach through Antarctica’s cold, fast currents of air and water ... But that’s enough to begin melting ice shelves, which are at or below freezing point. As you’d expect, the longer ...

Can it reach through Antarctica's cold, fast currents of air and water ... But that's enough to begin melting ice shelves, which are at or below freezing point. As you'd expect, the longer ...