Formally known as the Thwaites Glacier, researchers at the University of California (UC) discovered that warm seawater flows miles beneath - causing 'vigorous melting.' The team used satellites ...

Officials from Chile have met at the bottom of the planet in a bid to bolster claims in Antarctica as tensions escalate over Russian movement in the area. Members of Chile‘s parliamentary ...

Packing for a trip to Antarctica can be challenging—it is one of the most remote environments on Earth, after all. The weather is famously unpredictable and constantly changing, and much of your ...

Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier – nicknamed the “Doomsday Glacier” – is feared to be more vulnerable to melting than previously thought, with implications for low-lying areas as far away ...

Common sense, therefore, might suggest tourists steer well clear – especially with the Antarctic winter fast approaching. Not in 2024. “Venturing into the Weddell – long overlooked due to ...

The Maud Rise polynya has been sporadically opening up in Antarctica's ice since at least the 1970s. Now climatologists finally know why. Scientists have finally discovered what's causing a ...

In a new study, glaciologists from the University of California, Irvine, found that warm, high-pressure ocean water is seeping beneath West Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier, making it more vulnerable ...

A college dorm. An introvert’s hell. Those are just some of the words residents of Antarctica use to describe life in the world’s coldest, most mysterious continent. In 1959, 12 countries ...

In 2023, Antarctic sea ice reached historically low levels, with over 2 million square kilometres less ice than usual during winter – equivalent to about ten times the size of the UK.

A five-month-long slumber party. A college dorm. An introvert’s hell. Those are just some of the words residents of Antarctica use to describe life in the world’s coldest, most mysterious continent.

Scientists have finally discovered what's causing a Switzerland-size hole to repeatedly open up in Antarctica's sea ice. Researchers first spotted the hole, called the Maud Rise polynya ...