Latest about Antarctica
Alarming heat waves hit Arctic and Antarctica at the same time
Simultaneous heat waves have hit the Arctic and Antarctica, raising temperatures by more than 50 degrees in parts of both polar regions.
Antarctic sea ice at record low in February, satellite data reveal
Antarctic sea-ice extent dropped to a record low in the satellite data in February, but it's likely due to natural variation.
Endurance Expedition: Shackleton's Antarctic survival story
Reference The Endurance Expedition was a failed mission to cross the Antarctic on foot, leaving 28 explorers stranded.
Antarctica's doomed A68 iceberg dumped 1 trillion tons of water into the ocean over 3 years
A new study of iceberg A68 (once the world's largest) charts its entire doomed journey, and shows exactly when it started to melt at an alarming rate
Rare wispy ice formations streak across the sea near Antarctica in beautiful satellite images
Recent satellite images captured by Landsat 8 show a rare windswept sea ice formation over water in Antarctica.
Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' could meet its doom within 3 years
Thwaites Glacier is roughly the size of Florida, and holds enough ice to raise sea levels over two feet. New research shows that the collapse of its ice shelf may be just a few years away.
