Antarctica is the world's great cooling unit. This vital part of Earth's climate system is largely powered by the annual ...

Social media posts are claiming to disprove the effects of climate change in Antarctica by comparing the amount of sea ice extent observed on a single day in 2024 to the coverage recorded on the same ...

The sea ice in Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound has held secrets beneath its surface for decades. Now, scientists have unlocked ...

The region reaches its maximum extent of sea ice in March of each year, which then begins to melt. This process takes roughly six months. The NSIDC said the measurement of sea ice taken Saturday ...

Researchers are trying to rebuild sea ice above the Arctic Circle so it can reflect the sun’s warming rays, slowing climate ...

Efforts to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C under the Paris Climate Agreement may not go far enough to save the ...

The research by an international team of sea level and polar ice experts suggests that limiting warming to 2.7° Fahrenheit (1 ...

Rising seas will severely test humanity's resilience in the second half of the 21st century and beyond, even if nations defy ...

Scientists drilled through Antarctic ice to uncover a buried river system that may reshape predictions of melting and sea-level rise.

The paper takes advantage of very precise measurements of Antarctic ... Melting Antarctic ice contributes to global sea-level rise, so a reversal of melting will slow that down.