A region of Antarctica with some of the greatest potential to reshape the natural world and human society is also the least ...

Much of the U.S. and Europe have been facing record high temperatures and relentless heat domes this summer, but the Earth's most southern continent just recorded a new low temperature. On July 18, ...

Climate patterns in the tropics help determine how much snow falls from year to year in Antarctica, one of the coldest, ...

Last month, Earth dropped to its coldest temperature in 14 years. Antarctica’s Concordia research station recorded the frigid temperature of –119.4°F (–84.1°C) on July 18. The remote research station ...

Clouds influence the climate by controlling how much sunlight reaches Earth and by absorbing and emitting heat. Over the Southern Ocean, a region central to regulating Earth’s climate, errors in ...

A record-breaking heat wave unfolding at what should be the coldest time in Earth’s coldest place has scientists concerned about what it could mean for the future health of the Antarctic continent, ...

Antarctica gained about 695 billion metric tons of ice between July 2021 and April 2023, the largest 22-month mass increase ...

Antarctica gained a significant amount of ice between 2021 and 2023 as unusually heavy snowfall added more mass than glaciers were losing in some areas. Scientists say the increase was driven by ...

Scientists in Antarctica have recorded a new record temperature of 20.75 degrees Celsius (69.35 Fahrenheit), breaking the barrier of 20 degrees for the first time on the continent, a researcher said ...

Between 2021 and 2023, Antarctica appeared to be growing. Heavy snowfall fueled by wetter weather caused parts of the continent to gain mass, leading some to question whether climate change is really ...