As a clear demonstration of "the ability of man to advance" past 500 kilometers (311 miles) in Antarctica, the National ...

New research has looked at how the ice sheet has grown and shrunk over its long history, and it has warned that things don't ...

27 in the journal Nature Communications Earth & Environment. Improving understanding of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets ...

Many of us know Antarctica as a land of ice and not much else. But hidden beneath the miles of glaciers and ice sheets lies a ...

New research shows that reduced Antarctic sea ice in 2023 allowed heat to escape into the atmosphere, disrupting ocean ...

Antarctic ice sheets melted rapidly 20 million years ago due to orbital changes. Researchers warn modern emissions could trigger similar instability, urging climate action. Geoscientists led by the Un ...

Antarctica is approaching a series of cascading tipping points that could reshape ecosystems and intensify global climate ...

Periods of sudden melting in the Antarctic ice sheet have been unearthed in a new climate record from over 20 million years ...

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The ice blanket covering Antarctica melts alarmingly, and researchers now fear rising sea levels. According to scientific approximations, sea levels may rise by as much as 190 ft if all the ice in ...