Surface melting for the Antarctic ice sheet appears to have set a record for the 46-year satellite observation period on January 2, 2025. All areas of the Antarctic coast that generally see ...

The Antarctic ice sheet is nearly twice the area of Australia and holds enough freshwater to raise global sea levels by 58 ...

Antarctica is melting, and crucial details are beginning to come into focus of exactly how it's happening. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Satellite data from early 2025 revealed extensive melting at Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf, highlighting its vulnerability. As ...

Scientists have mapped Antarctica’s ice-free ecosystems, highlighting their biodiversity and growing climate threats.

Melting ice in Antarctica could trigger volcanic eruptions beneath the continent’s vast ice sheet, creating a slow but dangerous feedback loop, scientists warn. A new study suggests the melting ...

Researchers unveil a new map and classification system that will help protect the unique plants and animals of Earth's most remote and fragile continent. Antarctica, often regarded as the planet's ...

More than 100 volcanoes lurk beneath the surface in Antarctica. Ice sheet melt could set them off. The reason is that this unloading of ice sheets reduces pressure on magma chambers below the ...

Schematic map of separate volcanoes and volcanic provinces in Western Antarctica position. Picture: Vries et al., 2017 “The crustal unloading associated with melting an ice sheet affects the ...

These ice shelves act as keystones, stabilizing the ice sheet. They're also shrinking. The ocean melts ice shelves from below—a process known as "basal melting." Increased basal melting has led ...