As this month marks the third consecutive summer with extremely low sea-ice cover around Antarctica, new statistical research points to fundamental changes taking place in the polar Southern Ocean.

Sea-level rise occurs when ice melting outpaces the formation of new ice - Copyright GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP Jordan Vonderhaar Sea-level rise occurs when ice ...

Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world's strongest ocean current, researchers have found. This melting has implications for global climate indicators, ...

Macrograph of an approximately 70 µm amber extracted from the lignite in the sediments of the MeBo core PS104_20-2 9R. Roughly 90 million years ago, climatic conditions in Antarctica were suitable for ...

A single vertebra collected from James Ross Island in 1985 sat in a British Antarctic Survey drawer for four decades, logged ...

Polar Journal AG has launched a new digital platform aimed at exploring and studying polar sciences. This platform offers a space for researchers, enthusiasts, and curious individuals who are ...

Shifts in different facets of Antarctica’s climate system amplify each other and accelerate the pace of warming globally as well. — © Louisiana State University ...

Ice loss in Antarctica and its impact on the planet – sea level rise, changes to ocean currents and disturbance of wildlife and food webs – has been in the news a lot lately. All of these threats were ...

Antarctica's 'Blood Falls' is a striking natural wonder, not of blood, but of iron-rich water from a 1.5-million-year-old sub ...