In the past, when West Antarctica melted, there was a rapid uptick in onshore geological activity in the area.
Ice Sheet Records Surprising Mass Gain Between 2021 and 2023, the Antarctic Ice Sheet gained mass at an average rate of ...
Antarctica faces abrupt, irreversible climate changes as warming nears 1.5 °C, threatening ice, oceans, ecosystems, and ...
The research expedition sailed close to the front of the Ross Ice Shelf. Credit: Lana Young/AntNZ/NIWA/K872, CC BY-SA At the end of the southern summer, Antarctica's ...
Recent research has led scientists to new conclusions about the fastest melting glacier in Antarctica. Some are reassuring, ...
Antarctic sea ice recently reached an all-time record wintertime low, scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center announced. The mark was set "by a wide margin," the center said in a release ...
For Antarctic veterans and novices alike, the first sighting of an iceberg on an expedition stays “closest to your heart.” ...
There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land ...
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.
The glacier's collapse could severely impact coastal cities worldwide due to rising sea levels. Scientists have recently detected hundreds of earthquakes on the continent. According to a new study, a ...