It is hard to believe that life can survive in Antarctica. Despite its harsh conditions, hardy flora and fauna do just that ...

Scientists have drawn up the most accurate map of Antarctica, offering background to the continent’s response to climate ...

A new map reveals where Antarctica is retreating fast, exposing hidden hotspots of grounded ice loss and future sea level ...

Antarctica’s frozen frontier is retreating, and the scale is far greater than many realize. Over the last several years, ...

Gravity may seem constant, but it actually varies across the planet—and one of the strangest places is Antarctica, where gravity is slightly weaker than expected. Scientists have traced this “gravity ...

The ice that now covers West Antarctica was not there 3.6 million years ago, after a massive collapse of the ice sheet during a warming period. Anna Ruth Halberstadt, CC BY-NC-ND Christine Siddoway, ...

In recent months, headlines about Antarctica’s ice loss have circulated widely. One claim says the continent has lost an area of ice equal to ten cities the size of Los Angeles over the past three ...

An article published recently in Nature Geoscience warns that Antarctica's ice masses have begun to experience a process scientists call "Greenlandification." The term refers to the unprecedented ...

The New York Times went on an expedition to study Antarctica’s fastest-thinning glaciers. CreditCredit...Chang W. Lee/The New York Times For much of January and February, Raymond Zhong, a New York ...

A rare deep-field Antarctic flight campaign has uncovered unexpected aerosol concentrations over the continent’s interior.

Antarctica has lost enough ice over the last 30 years to cover the City of Los Angeles area 10 times over, according to new research.

TPG's Gene Sloan traveled to Antarctica on a free trip provided by HX Expeditions. This story has been reviewed by HX Expeditions for accuracy. However, the editorial content and opinions expressed in ...