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

There is indirect evidence that, during the last interglacial period, about 125,000 years ago, parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreated. An ice core drilled from the ice sheet near the ...

Antarctica, a continent 98 percent covered by a polar ice cap, is home to numerous dormant volcanoes. According to scientists, ongoing climate changes may awaken some of them. Beneath Antarctica's ...

Storyline: Despite being many miles from home in one of the world’s most inhospitable environments, China’s 41st Antarctic ...

YOKOHAMA--Japan’s first Arctic research vessel now under construction here will be capable of smashing through sea ice up to 1.2 meters thick to reach the northern polar region to study sea ...

for example if a year is unusual or if a series of years start to form a trend toward different fast ice conditions. "The data analysed shows how important it is to monitor the Antarctic regularly ...

A Dec. 26, 2024, Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows maps of purported Antarctic sea ice extent, or area, from Dec. 24, 1979, and the same day in 2024. Text above the graphic says the ...

for example if a year is unusual or if a series of years start to form a trend toward different fast ice conditions. “The data analysed shows how important it is to monitor the Antarctic ...

Research, published in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, suggests that mass unloading due to melting of Antarctic ice sheets (isostatic rebound) is triggering eruptions of greater frequency ...