If the ice blanketing Antarctica were to vanish, the world’s shorelines would be redrawn so radically that some countries would simply cease to exist. Entire coastal megacities would be abandoned, new ...

Antarctica's 'doomsday glacier,' Thwaites, is collapsing faster than anticipated, threatening catastrophic sea level rise.

The new exhibit, called “Walking in Antarctica,” opened its doors to the public on Wednesday, Nov. 12, taking its audience on a trip through the lakes and terrain of Antarctica and following the ...

Antarctica’s so-called Doomsday Glacier could be entirely gone in less than two centuries. That’s one of the frightening conclusions reached by a team of U.S. and British scientists, who have spent ...

Antarctica has moved to “the front of the line” as a global warming threat that’s already well beyond expectations, and it’s ...

Enormous holes on Antarctica's ice shelves appear to be linked with the formation of icebergs, study reveals. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

COVID-19 wasn’t supposed to get to Antarctica. If any place had a hope of keeping the virus out, it would be a continent with no permanent residents and an annual visiting population of only 5,000.

An iceberg larger than New York City has broken off an ice shelf in Antarctica. The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) said in a press release Friday that its scientists first detected vast cracks in the ...