In recent years, Antarctica has experienced a series of unprecedented heatwaves. On 6 February 2020, temperatures of 18.3C were recorded, the highest ever seen on the continent, beating the previous ...

If you were to wander along the parts of Antarctica that are ice-free, you might be surprised to see something soft and ...

Get this straight, corporate, political, and related trash. When we say there’s a problem, it means there IS a problem. The average temperature on the east Antarctic plateau broke records for the ...

A record-breaking heat wave unfolding at what should be the coldest time in Earth’s coldest place has scientists concerned about what it could mean for the future health of the Antarctic continent, ...

Weathered rocks sitting above the ice hold iron concentrations up to ten times higher than earlier reports from elsewhere in ...

A team of scientists from several U.S. institutions, including the University of Minnesota, discovered six million year old ...

In that moderate emissions scenario, we found the highest sea-level rise from Antarctic ice melt alone, up to 5 feet (1.5 ...

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How much do you really know about the coldest place in the world? Expand your knowledge of Antarctica with these surprising ...

A trip to Antarctica might feel less like crossing the ocean and more like crossing the galaxy, but what happens there impacts the world well beyond the coast — influencing weather patterns and food ...

A study published today found that while ice shelves in West Antarctica melt year-round, those in East Antarctica experience summer melting spikes, when sea ice retreats and warm ocean water flows ...

Congratulations, Antarctica! You're still the coldest place on Earth. And in 2010, you hosted a new record low temperature. A new look at old NASA Landsat 8 satellite data showed that, on August 10, ...