Scientists from the University of Cambridge and British Antarctic Survey have used ice core records to draw new conclusions ...

Antarctica's first sighting on January 28, 1820, by Bellingshausen and Lazarev marked the beginning of unparalleled ...

Discovered by the West not much more than 200 years ago, Antarctica’s history is unique when compared to the six other ...

The world’s second largest body of ice – the Greenland Ice Sheet – is cracking open quicker than previously, scientists have ...

Experts warn that sea levels could rise by seven metres and cause mass destruction if the ice sheet was to melt ...

Using 3-D surface maps, scientists led by Durham University, UK, found crevasses had significantly increased in size and ...

Scientists have successfully analyzed more than 30 years of vital data on the thickness of landfast sea ice in Antarctica's McMurdo Sound, which will prove useful to measure future impacts of climate ...

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 ...

There is indirect evidence that, during the last interglacial period, about 125,000 years ago, parts of the West Antarctic ... of sea salt, represented by sodium. Skytrain Ice Rise is 680 ...