For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the ...

Hidden warm-water traps beneath Antarctica may be melting the continent’s ice far faster than scientists realized.

Antarctic sea ice is shrinking faster than expected. New research shows how winds, ocean heat, and feedback loops caused this ...

One of the most striking images in David Attenborough’s Ocean, his defining 2025 documentary, is of supertrawlers dragging ...

A remote island between Australia and Antarctica is showing signs of a dramatic climate transformation. Scientists found ...

Beware the global meltdown. Antarctica is melting from below due to rising heat from the ocean, threatening the ice shelves, potentially accelerating sea rise and other catastrophic climate effects ...

Global sea levels may rise faster than previously expected, suggests a new study in Nature Communications. The reason is that ...

New data confirms what climate experts have long worried about: a warm mass of deep polar water has expanded toward Antarctica.

Scientists have uncovered a new threat hiding under the floating edges of Antarctica: fast moving, stormlike swirls of water that attack the ice from below. These secretive currents, spinning in the ...

Deep beneath the Southern Ocean, a quiet but alarming shift is underway: warm water is creeping closer to Antarctica, and ...

For decades, it seemed Antarctica might be insulated from rapid ice melting, but then sea ice began to decline dramatically.

In Antarctic waters, an international fishery targets krill, shrimp-like crustaceans that form massive schools and support the continent’s iconic wildlife. Krill meal and oil is used primarily in the ...