A salty surge in the Southern Ocean is melting Antarctic sea ice from below — and causing dramatic changes scientists didn’t ...

A tiny, obscure animal often sold as aquarium food has been quietly protecting our planet from global warming by undertaking ...

Scientists at the Australian Antarctic Partnership Program are just beginning to understand the dire effects of extremely low ...

Using a high-resolution climate model and future greenhouse gas emissions scenarios, the international research team analyzed how atmospheric rivers might change over Antarctica in the coming decades.

The number of tourists heading to Antarctica has been skyrocketing. From fewer than 8,000 a year about three decades ago, ...

Unchecked tourism growth in Antarctica risks undermining the very environment that draws visitors to the region. What can be ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater ...

Ethan Guo, 19, has been accused by Chile of submitting a false flight plan and landing in Antarctica without permission ...

The latest study shows that severe sea-ice lows, such as those seen in recent years, cause three interrelated crises.

A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, and sea ice is melting at record speed, enough to match the size ...

Research involving the University of Liverpool has discovered a trend of increasing surface meltwater in East Antarctica. In ...

Using a high-resolution climate model and future greenhouse gas emissions scenarios, the international research team analyzed how atmospheric rivers might change over Antarctica in the coming decades.