It’s been over two weeks since the Sun has set on Germany’s Neumayer III base in the Antarctic, due to the Earth’s axial tilt at the extreme locale. In that eerie landscape, the 16-year-old base has ...

As the last Ice Age waned and the Holocene dawned, deep-ocean circulation around Antarctica underwent dramatic shifts that helped release long-stored carbon back into the atmosphere. Deep-sea ...

The Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica plays a vital role in the global climate. A new study shows that, at the end of the last ice age, Antarctic bottom water expanded significantly, releasing ...

Antarctic sea ice reached its seasonal winter maximum on Sept. 17, 2025, but even at its greatest extent of the year, coverage remained strikingly low by historical standards. Satellite imagery and ...

A British wildlife photographer has captured the cutest penguin babies since Happy Feet. Paul Goldstein spent time with a colony of Emperor penguins while guiding in the Antarctic this month. His ...

Antarctica's ice cores are like frozen diaries of Earth's past, preserving ancient air and climate clues. Most continuous records go back about 800,000 years. But in a region called the Allan Hills, a ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The annual meeting of the international body responsible for the conservation of Southern Ocean marine ecosystems concluded Friday with no progress ...

The calving was so drastic that it caused measurable earthquakes in the region. An Antarctic glacier has experienced a rapid retreat 10 times faster than previously measured, according to new research ...

Scientists have documented what they say is the quickest retreat of an Antarctic glacier in modern history. Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula shortened by 25 kilomeres in just 15 months, ...

An Antarctic glacier shrunk by nearly 50% in just two months, the fastest retreat recorded in modern history, according to a new study — and the way it retreated could have big implications for global ...

Up to 59% of Antarctic ice shelves may be at risk of disappearing under high-emission scenarios by 2300, according to a comprehensive analysis of the effect of ocean warming published in Nature. This ...