The annual meeting of the international body responsible for conservation of the marine ecosystems in the Southern Ocean ...

A study published today found that while ice shelves in West Antarctica melt year-round, those in East Antarctica experience ...

The rapid disintegration of an Antarctic glacier is a shocking wake-up call, highlighting how quickly ice sheets can collapse ...

The first explored the South Sandwich Islands, where active tectonic activity and methane vents create warm, chemical-rich ...

Up to 59% of Antarctic ice shelves may be at risk of disappearing under high-emission scenarios by 2300, according to a ...

Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula lost nearly half its size astonishingly rapidly. Scientists have now discovered the reasons behind its rapid retreat and say it raises fears for sea level ...

Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula lost nearly half its size astonishingly rapidly. Scientists have now discovered the reasons behind its rapid retreat and say it raises fears for sea level ...

The case began way back in 2002 with the extraordinary collapse of an ice shelf called Larsen B in the eastern Antarctic ...

Norway proposed almost doubling the catch limit for krill in the Southern Ocean during the annual conference of the ...

Off the Oscar II coast in the eastern Antarctic Peninsula, south way from the mountains, Hektoria Glacier is melting faster than an ice-cream on a hot summer day. Babbling within ...

The main goal of the expedition had been to locate, map, and capture images of the Endurance, the historic ship from Shackleton’s 1915 expedition that sank in the same area. However, during their ...

An Antarctic glacier has experienced a rapid retreat 10 times faster than previously measured, according to new research.