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.

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

A new study shows that during the last two deglaciations, i.e., the transition from an ice age to the warm interglacial periods, meltwater from the Antarctic ice sheet intensified stratification in ...

Melting Antarctic ice is slowing Earth's strongest ocean current, according to a new study. The influx of cold meltwater could slow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by up to 20% by 2050, researchers ...

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

Scientists have uncovered a hidden Antarctic threat that could accelerate global sea level rise far faster than expected.

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

Several recent studies also suggest that Antarctic sea ice and ice shelves are becoming more unstable because of trapped ...

Cracking, creaking ice at the bottom of the world is quietly shaping the future climate you live in. New research from Australian scientists shows that melting Antarctic ice shelves and changing sea ...

Deep beneath the Southern Ocean, a quiet but alarming shift is underway: warm water is creeping closer to Antarctica, and scientists are now seeing it clearly for the first time. By combining decades ...