Antarctica is a place rife with opportunities for discovery, but strangely enough, the discovery of the continent itself is something of a contested topic.

There is no single international document (similar to the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 ... the region does not extend beyond the Arctic Circle (66°33' N) and its area is 21 million square kilometers ...

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 ...

Smaller calving events, not large icebergs, drive Antarctic ice sheet loss. Arecent study conducted by University of Florida geologists and geographers has shed new light on the effects of climate ...

"The change of seasons causes surface melting far inland from the coastal ice front," glaciologist Christopher Shuman said.

There is indirect evidence that, during the last interglacial period, about 125,000 years ago, parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreated. An ice core drilled from the ice sheet near the ...

Iceberg A23a has been a concern for scientists since it broke away from the Antarctic ice shelf in 1986. After remaining immobile for over three decades, the iceberg finally broke free in 2020 and ...

Some of those volcanoes peak above the surface, but others sit several kilometers beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Climate change is causing the ice sheet to melt, raising global sea levels.

Research, published in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, suggests that mass unloading due to melting of Antarctic ice sheets (isostatic rebound) is triggering eruptions of greater frequency ...

In 2022, experts uncovered certain dinosaur tracks on Australia’s southern coast, suggesting that large theropods frequented the area during the Early Cretaceous Period. At that time Australia ...

In the inky ocean, chunks clink and bop to the beat. I’m snorkelling among bergy bits off Port Lockroy on the Antarctic Peninsula. It’s 0.5 degrees in the water. I can’t feel my face.

The microbiome of Antarctic worms helps them cope with extremely cold conditions, providing insights into the role of the microbiome in host health and adaptation. Sneha Khedkar is an Assistant Editor ...