Though ice sheet melting is widely talked of and debated, there is limited knowledge about what happens after the period of ...

Think Antarctica is always a frozen wonderland? Think again. Our southernmost continent is experiencing a surprising summer-like spell — in the dead of winter. East Antarctica, which makes up most of ...

Once the Antarctic ice started melting at the end of the last Ice Age, it created a feedback loop that caused even more ...

Central to this quest is the Emirates Polar Programme, which puts Emirati scientists at the forefront of international ...

Antarctica faces abrupt, irreversible climate changes as warming nears 1.5 °C, threatening ice, oceans, ecosystems, and ...

Global warming is putting the continent’s ice at risk of destruction in many forms. But one especially calamitous scenario might be a less pressing concern, a new study found. By Raymond Zhong Earth’s ...

On Aug. 16, 1897, the Research Vessel Belgica set sail from Antwerp, Belgium. The ship's destination — via Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo and then Punta Arenas, Chile — was Antarctica, a continent that ...

The peninsula region experienced temperatures near 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Images out of a northern region of Antarctica show a landscape nearly devoid of ice and snow after record-setting temperatures ...

Scientists are concerned after confirming the first-ever known cases of the bird flu in the Antarctic region, a discovery that illustrates the sweeping impact of the virus that has killed hundreds of ...

The Polar vortex is causing temperatures to plummet dangerously across the Philadelphia region, and frostbite could become a ...

After the H5N1 virus hit the remote island of South Georgia in 2023, more than 50,000 breeding females may have disappeared. By Emily Anthes Es verdad que está frío afuera. ¿Pero cómo miden los ...