An autonomous research sub sent beneath the Antarctic ice returned images of vast, sculpted structures that no one can yet ...
Some regions of the continent have enough ice to push up sea levels by 15 metres if they all melt, but researchers don’t yet fully understand the consequences ...
Antarctic ice is melting. But exactly which forces are causing it to melt and how melting will influence sea level rise are areas of active research. Understanding the decay of ice shelves, which ...
During the Antarctic winters of 2016 and 2017, satellites detected something extraordinary in the Weddell Sea — a vast, circular hole in the middle of the frozen ocean. Roughly the size of Switzerland ...
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 ...