The icebergs carry large amounts of stone fragments that glaciers had broken off the Antarctic continent. When the iceberg melts, the debris sinks to the ocean floor.

On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice ...

The latest study shows that severe sea-ice lows, such as those seen in recent years, cause three interrelated crises.

A fresh set of numbers is changing what scientists thought happens when a city‑sized slab of ice dissolves into the sea. The ...

In 2022, an international team of scientists sent a 20-foot-long autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) named “Ran” to traverse ...

"The calving of this iceberg leaves the Larsen C Ice Shelf reduced in area by more than 12 percent, and the landscape of the Antarctic Peninsula changed forever," the researchers wrote.

A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, and sea ice is melting at record speed, enough to match the size ...

Most people will never see Antarctic sea ice up close, but its presence or absence affects our day-to-day lives.Now ...

Satellite data shows that Antarctic ice sheets have grown in size, prompting claims that climate change is in reverse or even ...

The consequences of Antarctic ice loss are serious and varied and monitoring the issue faces challenges as American ...