In mid-January, a team of scientists were sailing aboard a research vessel in frigid Antarctic waters. They planned to investigate an unexplored section of the Bellingshausen Sea and the creatures ...

When the Chicago-size iceberg drifted away, scientists seized the opportunity to study the life and geologic formations ...

Scientists using a submersible robot discovered patterns under the Antarctic ice that have never been seen before by humans.

Everyone knows Antarctica is cold and icy, but what's underneath the ice has been a mystery. Scientists used six decades' ...

Melting on the Antarctic Ice Sheet for the 2024 to 2025 season began with above average melt extents in all regions, but melt ...

The left map shows the total melt days for the Antarctic Ice Sheet as of March 15, 2025. The middle map is a close up of the Antarctic Peninsula through the same time frame. The graph shows the daily ...

The updated map of Antarctica clearly shows the landscape beneath its massive ice sheet, including its tallest mountains and ...

The place thought to have had the thickest overlying ice was Astrolabe Basin, in Adélie Land, but a reinterpretation of data ...

Languages: English and Chinese. You can get in touch with John by emailing [email protected] Newsweek has created a map that lays bare the isolation of a South African research base in Antarctica ...

Differences in seawater colour could reveal how tiny Antarctic creatures are faring in a warming world. More than twice the size of greater London, the expanse of ice is unpredictable and dangerous.

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. "In general, it's become clear the Antarctic ice sheet is thicker than we originally realized," said Peter Fretwell of the British ...