The Latest Breaking News from Antarctica

East Antarctica’s Conger ice shelf – a floating platform the size of Rome – broke off the continent on March 15, 2022. Since the beginning of satellite observations in the 1970s, the tip of the shelf had been disintegrating into icebergs in a series of what glaciologists call calving events.

A huge ice shelf has collapsed in Antarctica, coinciding with a period of intense and unseasonal heat which may have been "the straw that broke the camel's back".

Late last week, temperatures broke all records in both Antarctica and the Arctic, with temperatures up to 40°C above the seasonal average not far from the South Pole. According to experts, these high-levels could be linked to the variations of 'atmospheric rivers', as the role of climate change still has…

Heatwaves are bizarre at any time in Antarctica, but particularly now at the equinox as Antarctica is about to descend into winter darkness.

Record-breaking heatwaves hit both Antarctica and the Arctic simultaneously this week, with temperatures reaching 47℃ and 30℃ higher than normal.

Temperature records have been sent tumbling simultaneously in parts of Antarctica and the Arctic. Here's what's happening.

Records are being smashed all over the globe as the impact of man-made climate change becomes ever more real

Antarctic and Arctic temperatures have shocked researchers. How unusual are they and what are the consequences?

Antarctic areas reach 40C above normal at same time as north pole regions hit 30C above usual levels

Temperatures 70 degrees above normal in eastern Antarctica have baffled scientists, who say that the “unprecedented heat wave” has already changed the way experts think about the Antarctic climate system.

Parts of Antarctica Friday hit 70 degrees warmer than normal