The Latest Breaking News from Antarctica

West Antarctica is headed for decades of rapid melting no matter how quickly humans cut greenhouse gas emissions, and 2023 shattered records for missing sea ice around the continent.

Antarctica once had rivers, forests and life, but now is a desolate land of ice and snow. Using satellite and radar, scientists have discovered a vast ancient landscape, the size of Belgium, beneath the ice sheet. This landscape dates back at least 14 million years and may be as old…

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You probably saw a multi-coloured climate map at least once in school. You might have pored over it, fascinated. Was Antarctica really a cold desert? And why was so much of Russia listed as tundra?

A new study says no matter how much the world cuts back on carbon emissions, a key and sizable chunk of Antarctica is essentially doomed to an unavoidable melt

Sea level will be driven up no matter how much carbon emissions are cut, putting coastal cities in danger

Donna Urquhart will attempt to beat a polar ultramarathon record and her training involves running in a freezing wind tunnel to prepare for biting conditions.

Climate change has impacted the ecosystem and species of the Southern Ocean and Antarctica, a five-year study by 200 scientists shows.

While the Southern Ocean around Antarctica has been warming for decades, the annual extent of winter sea ice seemed relatively stable – compared to the Arctic. In some areas Antarctic sea ice was even increasing.

Viewed from the Voyager 1 space probe as it passed beyond the edge of the solar system, Earth and Venus might not look too different – same diameter, similar mass and distance from the Sun.