Beneath Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf lies one of the least measured oceans on Earth—a vast, dark cavity roughly twice the ...

Generations of Times journalists have journeyed there with scientists. Their coverage traces humankind’s changing ...

Four-year record of ocean processes beneath the Ross Ice Shelf suggests water quality varies throughout the year within the cavity.

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 ...

Beneath Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf lies one of the least measured oceans on Earth – a vast, dark cavity roughly twice the volume of the North Sea. This hidden ocean matters because it is the ice ...

Cracking, creaking ice at the bottom of the world is quietly shaping the future climate you live in. New research from Australian scientists shows that melting Antarctic ice shelves and changing sea ...

Scientists say that hidden melting beneath Antarctica’s ice could rapidly reshape sea levels, but they do not know when.

Pine Island Glacier, one of the fastest-shrinking glaciers in Antarctica, hastened its slide into the sea between 2017 and ...

The study challenges a long-held assumption. Researchers issue warning on concerning phenomenon discovered in Antarctica: 'A ...

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

Scientists from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Scripps Polar Center are at the bottom of the ...