In the fall of 1915, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance sank off the coast of Antarctica, stranding its crew on drifting sea ice and setting in motion one of history’s most ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater near the surface could help explain some of the decrease in Antarctic sea ...

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

Antarctica - a frozen wasteland where 27 men faced certain death when their ship, the Endurance, was crushed by ice. But none of them died. Against impossible odds, Shackleton led his crew through ...

An expedition by more than 50 researchers from seven countries has documented the gradual degradation of Antarctica: microplastics in the water, melting ice, and declining salinity in the Southern ...

New research into some of Earth’s largest ice sheets has revealed a startling new Antarctic tipping point, and researchers say that it has the potential to be disastrous.

Meanwhile, the sea ice surrounding Antarctica acts like a giant mirror, reflecting the sun’s heat. And then there’s the very real issue of rising sea levels. Antarctica holds two-thirds of the ...

Antarctic Ice Sheet tipping in the last 800,000 years warns of future ice loss. Communications Earth & Environment , 2025; 6 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02366-2 Cite This Page : ...

Rivers in the sky: New study reveals what brings rainfall to ice shelves in West Antarctica. Feb 11, 2025. Intense atmospheric rivers can replenish some of the Greenland Ice Sheet's lost ice.

After scientists reported a brief but notable uptick in ice mass in Antarctica, climate skeptics utilized the data to claim the continent does not suffer from human-induced warming. This is false ...