A vast area of Antarctica that should be covered in winter sea ice is instead lying largely exposed to the ocean, alarming scientists and raising fresh concerns about the future of the frozen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Antarctica's ice trends are complex. There are two types: sea ice, which forms from ocean water and fluctuates seasonally, and the ...

Adelie penguins stand on a block of floating ice at Yalour Islands in Antarctica, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) ANTARCTICA (AP) — The Southern Ocean is one of the ...

Antarctica’s sea-ice shrank to the smallest area on record in February 2023, and over the region’s winter, there have been additional record-breaking low levels, continuing a decade-long decline. The ...

It’s largely unexplored - but scientists know the Wilkes Subglacial Basin is incredibly important for predicting the future.

The most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice sheet has been assembled by a team of international scientists led from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Known as Bedmap3, it ...

Between 2021 and 2023, Antarctica appeared to be growing. Heavy snowfall caused parts of the continent to gain mass, leading some to question whether climate change is really causing irreversible ...

The deadliest hurricane ever to hit America made landfall over Galveston, Texas, a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, on September 8th 1900. Terrified inhabitants watched a 4.5-metre-high wall of ...

ANTARCTICA (AP) — The Southern Ocean is one of the most remote places on Earth, but that doesn't mean it is tranquil. Tumultuous waves that can swallow vessels ensure that the Antarctic Peninsula has ...