Antarctica is warming roughly twice as fast as the rest of the planet, putting its vast ice sheets, surrounding oceans, and unique ecosystems at growing risk. A new study led by researchers from the ...

Scientists closely study our planet's polar regions to understand the overall changes in our climate. Loss of ice sheet volume has far-reaching effects, but is also difficult to predict. A team from ...

Ancient ocean sediments reveal Antarctica’s ice sheet retreated repeatedly during past warm periods, offering clues to future sea-level rise.

There's evidence trapped in ancient ice that during warm periods millions of years ago, the ice-free Southern Ocean responded by absorbing more carbon. "That ice going allows that new life to come and ...

That frozen giant at the edge of the world has always felt distant, almost mythical, something we read about in textbooks or documentaries. But suddenly it is everywhere in the headlines because the ...

An ice shelf the size of New York City has collapsed in East Antarctica, an area long thought to be stable and not hit much by climate change, concerned scientists said Friday. The collapse, captured ...

When we think of global warming, what first comes to mind is the air: crushing heat waves that are felt rather than seen, except through the haziness of humid air. But when it comes to melting ice ...

Low clouds have lifted long enough for helicopters to ferry scientists and their gear to a fast-melting glacier on the edge ...

Antarctic penguins could turn on each other as a result of climate change, a study has found. The Adélie, gentoo and ...

In the 1990s, the Greenland Ice Sheet as well as the rest of the Arctic region were observed to be measurably thawing as a result of human-caused global warming. At that time, most of Antarctica’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The East Antarctic Ice Sheet is the planet's largest ice sheet. Here, the continent experienced significant ice loss and breakup ...

Researchers in Antarctica think they might have been missing an essential part of the puzzle when it comes to melting ...