New research reveals powerful Antarctic winds that could be accelerating glacier melt and rising seas. In the far reaches of ...

Study reveals low-level wind jets reaching 32 m/s in Antarctica's Amundsen Sea region accelerate Thwaites and Pine Island glacier melting.

This hidden topography is a dramatic secret that hints at the continent’s dynamic past. The Transantarctic Mountains, which ...

† Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States ‡ Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and ...

A new study led by University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh geologist Timothy Paulsen and University of Colorado Boulder ...

POLYMAT and Department of Polymers and Advanced Materials: Physics, Chemistry, and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel de Lardizábal, 3, ...

In February 2020, Antarctica's Seymour Island hit 65.8 degrees Fahrenheit (18.8 degrees Celsius), setting a record for the region, per Earth News. According to scientists at China's Sun Yat-sen ...

Scientists have discovered "ice piracy" in Antarctica, where glaciers are stealing ice from their neighbors at an alarming rate. Kohler East Glacier is redirecting ice flow from Kohler West ...

Sydney, May 14 (The Conversation) Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, valleys, hills and plains. Some peaks, like the ...

A large sponge, a cluster of anemones, and other life is seen nearly 230 meters deep at an area of the seabed that was very recently covered by the George VI Ice Shelf, a floating glacier in ...

Scientists have detected a mass gain in Antarctica's ice sheet, but it's not quite the climate victory we've been hoping for, writes Vince Hooper. FOR DECADES, the story from Antarctica has been bleak ...

Researchers used computer simulations to study the impact of subglacial water on ice sheet behavior in Antarctica. The scientists said subglacial water forms when the base of the ice sheet melts due ...