The Latest Breaking News from Antarctic

In the past two years, the ice around Antarctica has been at record lows - and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

Second report detailing disturbing workplace culture at division has put onus on government to enact major reform

Sediments from the last ice age provide a ‘warning from the past’ for Antarctica and sea level rise today, say scientists

Antarctica's sea ice recently shrank to its lowest extent since satellite records began more than 40 years ago.

Failure of leadership blamed for ‘significant cultural problems’ that also include bullying and fear of speaking out

An independent review of workplace culture at the Australian Antarctic Division has found one-in-four female staff respondents had experienced workplace sexual harassment, with the majority in Antarctic stations.

Joanna Booth joins scientists on a voyage of discovery in the world’s last great wilderness

Australian scientists have made dire projections about what melting ice will do to global ocean health without rapid emissions cuts.

Off the coast of Antarctica, trillions of tonnes of cold salty water sink to great depths. As the water sinks, it drives the deepest flows of the “overturning” circulation – a network of strong currents spanning the world’s oceans. The overturning circulation carries heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients around the…

A life-sustaining circulatory system for the deep ocean will quickly slow and may collapse entirely without emissions cuts this decade, Australian experts say.

Rapidly melting Antarctic ice is dramatically slowing down the flow of water through the world's oceans, and could have a disastrous impact on global climate, the marine food chain and even the stability of ice shelves, new research has found.