Million-year-old air preserved in ancient ice holds clues to a mystery that has stumped scientists for decades.

The A23a iceberg is the largest surviving fragment of another iceberg that broke off the Filchner Ice Shelf in Antarctica in ...

Mount Vinson, Antarctica Climbers enjoy great success on Mount Vinson this season. The Antarctic summer runs from November ...

Pine Island Glacier, one of the fastest-shrinking glaciers in Antarctica, hastened its slide into the sea between 2017 and ...

Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...

Did you know that the sea levels in the last century have risen at a rate faster than any previous century in the last 3000 years? Due to this, rising ocean levels have been an increasingly concerning ...

The gushing spout of warm water could rapidly melt the Antarctic ice shelf and lead to rising sea levels sooner than we think.

Surface melting for the Antarctic ice sheet appears to have set a record for the 46-year satellite observation period on January 2, 2025. All areas of the Antarctic coast that generally see ...

An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic ...

While warming temperatures are driving a widespread loss of ice shelves, major calving events have not increased in frequency ...

The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...

Measuring roughly 1,350 square miles (3,500 square kilometers) across, A23a is the world's largest and oldest iceberg ...