Rising Sea Levels When you think about the ice melting in Greenland and Antarctica, you're really looking at the biggest ...

The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...

An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic ...

The Antarctic ice sheet is nearly twice the area of Australia and holds enough freshwater to raise global sea levels by 58 ...

A team from the Polar Engineering Research Group at UCT has set off on their first field expedition to Antarctica.

While warming temperatures are driving a widespread loss of ice shelves, major calving events have not increased in frequency ...

Beneath Antarctica's ice, an unsuspected danger looms. Global warming could awaken dormant volcanoes, triggering a chain reaction with unpredictable consequences. This recent discovery sheds light ...

Beneath Antarctica's ice, an unsuspected danger looms. Global warming could awaken dormant volcanoes, triggering a chain reaction with unpredictable consequences. This recent discovery sheds light on ...

The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf (FRIS) extends over the Weddell Sea in Antarctica. Unlike some other Antarctic ice shelves, FRIS currently appears stable in our warming world. However, previous ocean ...

For the first time, researchers have found oceans help cool global temperatures more than anyone previously thought. Here's ...