Scientists have successfully analyzed more than 30 years of vital data on the thickness of landfast sea ice in Antarctica's McMurdo Sound, which will prove useful to measure future impacts of climate ...

Led by the Australian Antarctic Division, instruments deployed in the lake measure water temperature, salinity, and depth, offering vital data on the interaction between the ice shelf and the ocean.

A Dec. 26, 2024, Instagram post shows maps of purported Antarctic sea ice extent, or area, from Dec. 24, 1979, and the same day in 2024. Text above the graphic says the extent was larger in 2024 ...

Large blooms of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton are flourishing in areas of open water left exposed by the recent and rapid melting of ice shelves and glaciers around the Antarctic Peninsula.

Roughly 2,000 miles south of New Zealand's southernmost point lies Lake Enigma, an aptly named body of water tucked into coastal Antarctica. The lake's ice cover is deeper than the lake itself ...