When a massive, black patch, known as a polynya, was spotted by NASA scientists for the first time, satellite operators were ...

4/14/25 (LAPost.com) — A colossal iceberg named A-84 – comparable in size to Chicago – calved from the George VI Ice Shelf on Jan. 13, unveiling a seafloor area previously concealed for decades.

Through satellite gravimetry analysis of Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) mass changes from 2002 to 2023, striking mass change rates ...

As autumn settled over Antarctica, sea ice began its seasonal return, with NASA capturing striking images of new growth in ...

A giant hole has appeared in the sea ice of Antarctica and it's as big as Switzerland. The sea in Antarctica usually freezes over in winter but this hole was formed far from land, in the middle of ...

During cold (glacial) cycles, ice sheets sprawled across Antarctica, Greenland and North America, locking away water and lowering sea levels. In warmer (interglacial) times, the ice retreated and ...

Beneath the great, white expanse of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, a mysterious realm of streams and lakes lies out of sight. Much about this hidden water world remains poorly understood. But a new ...

Researchers have proposed many origins for a gravity anomaly in Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, but the latest evidence ...

Microbial communities feeding on geothermal methane seeps beneath the Antarctic ice sheet could resemble life-supporting ...

a new race is under way in Antarctica, this time motivated by the need to understand one of the gravest threats facing humanity. While other ancient climate records exist, only the ancient ice ...

“The discovery offers new insights into how ecosystems function beneath floating sections of the Antarctic ice sheet,” SOI said in a press release. Usually, nutrients from the surface trickle ...