NASA satellites detected a phytoplankton bloom around Antarctic iceberg A-23A as it melted, showing how icebergs can fertilize the ocean.

The future of one of Antarctica's most iconic glaciers could be far more dramatic than scientists previously thought. Using ...

Antarctica has lost enough ice over the last 30 years to cover the City of Los Angeles area 10 times over, according to new research.

Three decades of satellite observations reveal how warming ocean water is pushing some Antarctic glaciers further inland.

Melting glaciers and ice sheets are raising sea levels while the Arctic is poised to log one of its worst winters on ...

Antarctic sea ice has likely reached its minimum extent for the year, at 2.58 million square kilometers (996,000 square miles) on February 26, 2026, according to scientists at the National Snow and ...

Nearly 90 percent of Antarctica is buried under ice that averages about 1.3 miles or 2.2 kilometers thick. In some areas, the ice stacks up to nearly 3 miles or 4.8 kilometers deep. For years, ...

"It's incredibly energy-intensive and the birds use up to 50% of their body mass," he says. It is "probably the most ...

Melting ice from West Antarctica once delivered huge amounts of iron to the Southern Ocean, but algae growth did not increase as expected. Researchers found the iron was in a form that marine life ...

Antarctica, once a frozen polar desert, is now experiencing rainfall due to rising global temperatures. This shift, particularly on the warming Antarctic Peninsula, accelerates glacier melt, threatens ...