West Antarctic winter ice fails to form in Bellingshausen Sea in area ‘size of France’
Scientists say a region on the west side of Antarctica is missing a large chunk of winter sea…
A ‘triple whammy’ of chaos has triggered a downward spiral in Antarctica, scientists discover
For decades, it seemed Antarctica might be insulated from the kind of rapid ice melting unfolding in the…
Scientists stunned after making grim Antarctic discovery: ‘We were very surprised’
Researchers have found that the iron released by melting ice in West Antarctica isn’t in a form that…
‘What happened in the past is likely to recur’
Researchers analyzing ancient seafloor sediments discovered that West Antarctica’s ice sheet has collapsed and regrown several times over…
‘I’m not sure I have the capacity to really think it through’
A top scientist on Earth’s polar systems says we may have passed a terrifying climate threshold in Antarctica…