As recently as the 1990s, when the Greenland Ice Sheet and the rest of the Arctic region were measurably thawing under the ...
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 ...
Sixty years ago a dozen nations, including arch-rivals the United States and the Soviet Union, agreed to preserve the Antarctic continent as a place of peace, research and conservation. Commercial ...
Researchers have discovered dozens of new methane seeps littering the ocean floor in the Ross Sea coastal region of ...
Antarctica, the world’s last true wilderness, has been protected by an international treaty for the last 60 years. But the same isn’t true for most of the ocean surrounding it. Just 5% of the Southern ...
Species on the Antarctic Peninsula are threatened by climate change and human activities including commercial fishing, tourism, and research infrastructure. The Western Antarctic Peninsula is one of ...