Antarctica could warm much faster than its surroundings over the next few decades due to a phenomenon known as polar ...

A warming climate could expose a Pennsylvania-sized chunk of ice-free land in Antarctica by 2300, which could drastically ...

A study published today found that while ice shelves in West Antarctica melt year-round, those in East Antarctica experience summer melting spikes, when sea ice retreats and warm ocean water flows ...

Scientists have long known that Earth was significantly warmer about 3 million years ago, with much higher sea levels.

Relay Station, an unmanned weather station in the interior of East Antarctica. Unmanned stations are designed to survive Antarctic temperatures below -70°C and have revealed the main cause of warming ...

Frozen air from Antarctica is giving scientists a longer look at a climate mystery that has lingered for decades: why Earth ...

An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ice that is 130,000 years old. The goal of the French duo is to better ...