For the second winter in a row, the extent of Antarctic sea ice has been exceptionally below average—and it has just set a ...

An area of missing Antarctic sea ice twice the size of Texas adds to concerns that the ice has seen a lasting “regime shift”, with consequences for ecosystems and global ocean circulation ...

A Dartmouth-led study by more than 50 climate scientists worldwide provides the clearest projection that Antarctica's ice sheet will retreat rapidly after 2100 under current carbon emissions, with ...

The 11th Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research conference was held in Pucón, Chile August 19-23, 2024. Fifteen-hundred ...

Studies have shown that about a third of the world's population lives below 100 vertical meters of sea level. While it's tough to determine whether we've hit a "point ... who specialises in Antarctic ...

The planet saw record-high surface temperatures, ocean heat content and greenhouse gas concentrations — and record-low Antarctic ... that Antarctic sea ice had hit record lows; and that the ...

Antarctica's sea ice hit its annual minimum. By at least one measure, which tracks the area of ocean that contains at least 15% of sea ice, it was a little above the record low of 2023.

Detailed weather station and satellite data has left a scientific conference in Chile wondering Antarctica has reached ...

Antarctic sea ... record lows in 2024. In February this year, the ice covered just 768,000 square miles, which is 30 per cent less than the average from 1981 to 2010. This was the second-lowest ...

Finally, Antarctic sea ice reached an all-time record low in 2023. 'Heat from the tropical Pacific courtesy of a strong El Niño event imparted warmth to the planet’s atmosphere ensuring that ...

Antarctica is changing, faster than expected. Extreme weather events in the ice-covered continent ... meters of sea level. While it's tough to determine whether we've hit a "point of no return ...