Scientists have uncovered a thriving microbial community deep beneath Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf, challenging previous ...

Antarctica’s most threatened glacier is about be further destabilised, as the floating ice shelf in front of Thwaites glacier ...

Deep under Antarctic ice, a 748-foot ice core recovered by the SWAIS2C project reveals past warm, ice-free periods on the ...

Beneath Antarctica’s floating ice shelves, warm ocean water is carving hidden channels into the ice from below, and a study published in April 2026 reveals that scientists have been significantly ...

Hidden warm-water traps beneath Antarctica may be melting the continent’s ice far faster than scientists realized.

Global sea levels may rise faster than previously expected, suggests a new study in Nature Communications. The reason is that ...

A large and fast-melting glacier in West Antarctica has sped up dramatically since 2017. This may be a sign that the floating ice shelf in front of it is no longer helping to hold back the ice. Pine ...

A rare dataset collected by instruments at the point where Antarctica’s largest ice shelf begins to float reveals ocean processes that drive melting at this critical part of the continent. During a ...

Deep beneath the Southern Ocean, a quiet but alarming shift is underway: warm water is creeping closer to Antarctica, and scientists are now seeing it clearly for the first time. By combining decades ...