Antarctica’s Sea Ice Has Gone From Record Highs to Near-Record Lows
Antarctic sea ice reached its annual maximum extent on September 14, 2026—the third-lowest maximum in the satellite record.…
Arctic Sea Ice Loss Could Be Far Worse Than Models Predict
The Arctic’s future is already looking bleak, with rising temperatures driving a steady decline in sea ice. But…
Something Unexpected Is Happening to Antarctica’s Collapsing Ice Cliffs
Antarctica’s towering ice cliffs may be more resilient than scientists once feared. New satellite observations reveal surprising natural…
Britain-sized Doomsday Glacier is melting faster than feared
The high cliffs of Thwaites Glacier taken from the British Antarctic Survey Twin Otter aircraft (Rob Larter/British Antarctic…
Ocean Water Is Seeping Under the Doomsday Glacier—and Its Sea-Level Threat Just Doubled
One of Earth’s most dangerous glaciers is emerging as a potentially greater driver of future sea-level rise than…
Penguin Poop Is Turning Antarctica Green, and Scientists Are Concerned
Penguins may be transforming Antarctica’s snowy coastline in an unexpected way. A new study reveals how nutrients from…
12 Trillion Tons of Polar Ice Are Already Gone and What’s Left Is Melting Fast. But the Biggest Culprit Isn’t Surface Melting
A photo showing polar ice melting in Greenland. Image credits: Dave Meckler/Unsplash The world’s great ice sheets are…
An Unmapped Region of Antarctica Could Be Harboring a Major Threat
A vast region of East Antarctica contains enough ice to cause a dramatic rise in global sea levels…
Antarctica’s ice loss is locked in, and extra snowfall won’t save it – that’s bad news for low-lying coastal areas elsewhere
Sea-level rise is one of the most visible signs of climate change, one that is threatening low-lying coastal…
Scientists Look Inside Antarctic Fish Cells to See How They Survive Near-Freezing Water
Antarctic plunderfish pictured near Rothera Station. Credit: Simon Brockington, BAS. Antarctic fish spend their entire lives in water…
Scientists Say Antarctica’s Lost ‘Supermountains’ May Have Fueled an Explosion of Life on Earth
The Cambrian explosion brought exactly that to Earth—an “explosion” of life that kickstarted the evolution of animals as…
CSIRO deploys USVs for Southern Ocean monitoring mission
Australia’s national science agency CSIRO has sent out a fleet of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) out of Hobart…