The Latest Breaking News from Antarctica

The ICEYE satellite constellation has given researchers a peek beneath the glacier, and it's not looking good.

Warm seawater flowing into the glacier's underside could significantly accelerate the process of its collapse.

The hole in the Antarctic ice was comparable in size to numerous US states, such as West Virginia, Maryland, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and New Jersey. The post This State-Sized Hole In The Antarctic Baffled Experts For Decades—Now, The Mystery Is Solved first appeared on Bored Panda.

A new study of seismic data from Antarctica finds that the mantle may be stranger and more variable than previously believed, with pieces of ancient crust that have been dragged down by tectonic forces.

India to present plans for new Antarctic research station at ATCM meeting in Kochi, focusing on sustainability and tourism regulation.

The Maud Rise polynya has been sporadically opening up in Antarctica's ice since at least the 1970s. Now climatologists finally know why.

A former fisheries vessel has been bought from the Japanese government by anti-whaling activists for use in the Southern Ocean.

During the winters of 2016 and 2017, a hole the size of Switzerland opened in the middle of Antarctica's sea ice. And scientists just figured out how it came to be.

New research found that instead of closing up during November, the hole in the Ozone layer over the Antarctica has stayed open well into December.

Antarctic sea ice has been disappearing over the last several summers. Now, climate scientists are wondering whether it will ever come back.

The fledglings are typically reared on floating platforms of sea ice, but an unprecedented decline in the ice extent has driven young onto cliffs.