The sea ice coverage in the Arctic has been severely affected by the unfolding climate crisis. Antarctica, on the other hand, ...

An ice shelf the size of New York City has collapsed in East Antarctica, an area long thought to be stable and not hit much by climate change, concerned scientists said Friday. The collapse, captured ...

Antarctica is the area of Earth with the coldest climate — a barren land where very few lifeforms can survive. One of two continents located entirely in the Southern hemisphere, Antarctica may seem ...

A Dec. 28 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows two maps of Antarctic sea ice dated Dec. 26, 1979, and Dec. 25, 2023. The more recent map seems to show the ice occupying a larger area.

Antarctica has lost an area of ice more than eight times larger than Greater London over the last 30 years, a study has revealed. Using satellite data collected over the last three decades, scientists ...