Amidst the rapid melting of the planet's ice coverage due to climate change, one continent has lost an amount of grounded ice equivalent to more than 17 times the size of the city of Toronto over thre ...

Antarctica could be completely ice-free one day if we allow climate change to continue unabated. The change will take thousands of years, but we only have a century to stop it.

Winter in Antarctica is long and dark. Temperatures remain well below freezing. In many places, the sun sets in April and does not rise above the horizon again until August. Without sunlight, ...

More than half a mile beneath the surface of Antarctica's Kamb Ice Stream, scientists have uncovered a slow-moving river of ...

Arctic sea ice is headed for one of its smallest winter peaks on record, an AFP review of US data showed Wednesday, as ...

Arctic sea ice is headed for one of its smallest winter peaks on record, an AFP review of U.S. data showed Wednesday, as ...

Last year, Arctic sea ice reached an all-time low on March 22, at 14.31 million square kilometres, according to the NSIDC. Previous lows were set in 2016, 2017 and 2018. The NSIDC has yet to have an ...

A Global Recovery Snapshot. It’s pretty good news on the ozone layer front these days. We’re seeing solid signs of recovery, which is a huge win for the plan ...

Scientists spent the first weeks of the year on an expedition to Antarctica to study Thwaites Glacier, which is melting at an alarming rate. If it breaks apart entirely, it could push up global sea ...

The plight of the emperor penguin might be more dire than previously thought. For the first time, scientists have used ...

The future of one of Antarctica's most iconic glaciers could be far more dramatic than scientists previously thought. Using ...

NASA satellites detected a phytoplankton bloom around Antarctic iceberg A-23A as it melted, showing how icebergs can fertilize the ocean.