UCT researchers explored Antarctica’s Fimbul Ice Shelf, collecting data to model future climate shifts and marking South ...

Arctic sea ice reached a record-low winter maximum on March 22, 2025, with just 5.53 million square miles of coverage—well ...

Newly released satellite footage shows the world’s largest iceberg running aground near a remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean last month.   The timelapse video, published by Colorado State ...

The strongest ocean current on Earth circles Antarctica. It’s the primary way water moves between the Atlantic, Pacific and ...

Funding for the National Science Foundation, which finances research at US bases on the icy continent, has already been ...

One of the biggest challenges in predicting Antarctica's deeply uncertain future is understanding exactly what's driving its ...

Antarctica is coming apart, crumbling into the sea, much, much faster than anybody ever thought possible. After all, it was ...

"The more we know about Earth's icy environments, the better we will be able to understand the other environments," said ...

For the first time, scientists have collected measurements close to a giant iceberg, giving an unprecedented window into the ...

Scientists aboard Australia’s RSV Nuyina have discovered rare marine life and a jade-colored iceberg during a 60-day ...

The formation of sea ice also makes the surrounding water saltier, as salt is pushed out when water freezes. If less sea ice forms, there is less of this cold, dense, briny water, called 'Antarctic ...

For decades, satellites have played a crucial role in our understanding of the remote polar regions. The ongoing loss of ...