A new study published in Nature Sustainability and taken over by AFP draws attention to how Antarctica, one of the most ...

Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more. The ice-covered continent and the ...

Antarctica is nearing an irreversible tipping point, with ice loss, ocean changes, and wildlife collapse threatening the ...

Abrupt and potentially irreversible changes in Antarctica driven by climate change could lift global oceans and lead to ...

It is one of the largest ice masses on Earth, covering an area of roughly 760,000 square miles. But the West Antarctic Ice ...

Soaring numbers of tourists and expanding research projects are increasingly polluting Antarctica, scientists warned ...

Antarctica's ice, oceans and ecosystems are already experiencing rapid change, with increased temperatures among the possible "knock-on effects", a new study warns.

Abrupt and potentially irreversible changes in Antarctica driven by climate change could lift global oceans by meters and ...

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Antarctica, Earth’s fifth-largest continent, a frozen landmass at the South Pole, pops up in the news from time to time.

New research catalogs several “abrupt changes,” like a precipitous loss of sea ice, unfolding in Antarctica with dire implications for us all.

Antarctica is at risk of abrupt and potentially irreversible changes to the continent's ice, ocean and ecosystems that could ...