Gigantic iceberg breaks off George VI Ice Shelf, exposing century-old underwater ecosystem with Antarctic sponges and corals.

A new study found parts of Antartica could pass a tipping point for mass ice sheet losses as soon as 2050 – pushing sea levels 2 metres higher by 2300 than currently predicted.

As global warming melts more sea ice in the polar regions, the light that enters the ocean is not just increasing in ...

One of the biggest challenges in predicting Antarctica's deeply uncertain future is understanding exactly what's driving its ice loss. A vast network of lakes and streams lies beneath the thick ...

Preserved in the sediments buried beneath the present-day seafloor, these plough-marks date back to the last ice age - a ...

Scientists have found scour marks on the seabed made by giant icebergs about 18,000 years ago, and they could offer clues to ...

A new study reveals there was a time when massive icebergs, like the ones we see in Antarctica today, were drifting less than ...

Icebergs as large as cities, potentially tens of kilometres wide, once roved the coasts of the UK, according to scientists.

The Arctic is changing – and not just in the ways you might think. Once covered in thick, bright sea ice, the region is now ...

From diving off cliffs to starving for months, emperor penguins are continuing to surprise scientists with their ability to ...