This study gives important information that helps predict how Antarctica’s ice sheets might change in the future.

Antarctica's Hektoria Glacier has just set a new and troubling record: in late 2022, it retreated at a pace never before seen ...

A study has revealed that the substantial retreat of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) approximately 9,000 years ago was ...

Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet due to global warming has long-term, irreversible societal impacts with important ...

Around 9,000 years ago, East Antarctica went through a dramatic meltdown that was anything but isolated. Scientists have discovered that warm deep ocean water surged beneath the region’s floating ice ...

Warm deep water driven by ancient meltwater feedbacks caused rapid ice-shelf collapse in East Antarctica 9,000 years ago. The ...

Temperature records from measurements of oxygen isotopes in the ice reveal that this area experienced a gradual, long-term ...

Integration of proxy records with ocean-climate modeling reveals that early Holocene ice-shelf retreat in East Antarctica was driven by oceanic ...

Each nest was notably "cleared of plankton detritus that covered the surrounded areas," creating a "vast, geometric fish neighborhood" on the seafloor.

As the map shows, the naked land beneath the Antarctic ice sheet is a rugged land, covered in mountain ranges, gorges, and jagged terrain. Remarkably, one part of the bed found under the Byrd Glacier ...