Antarctica is the area of Earth with the coldest climate — a barren land where very few lifeforms can survive. One of two continents located entirely in the Southern hemisphere, Antarctica may seem ...

Antarctica has lost an area of ice more than eight times larger than Greater London over the last 30 years, a study has revealed. Using satellite data collected over the last three decades, scientists ...

A Dec. 28 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows two maps of Antarctic sea ice dated Dec. 26, 1979, and Dec. 25, 2023. The more recent map seems to show the ice occupying a larger area.