The loss of ice from West Antarctica should be a warning to the world. After setting a new record for lowest summer extent earlier this year, Antarctic sea ice saw a new record low going into winter ...

Experts speculate that the Antarctic sea ice system has entered a new regime of much lower ice extent. Arctic sea ice just reached its yearly minimum, ranking as the sixth lowest extent we've seen ...

Ice floating on the surface of the sea in the western Antarctic peninsula in 2016 - Copyright AFP/File EITAN ABRAMOVICH Ice floating on the surface of the sea in the ...

Antarctic sea ice recently reached an all-time record wintertime low, scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center announced. The mark was set "by a wide margin," the center said in a release ...

The loss of ice in one region of Antarctica last year likely resulted in none of the emperor penguin chicks surviving in four colonies, researchers reported Thursday. Emperor penguins hatch their eggs ...

Antarctica's winter sea ice has hit its third-lowest peak in nearly half a century of satellite monitoring, researchers said Tuesday, highlighting the growing influence of climate change on the planet ...

Three staff members from a United States research base in Antarctica were medically evacuated to New Zealand during extreme cold and dark conditions amid the southern winter, New Zealand’s air force ...

Scientists say there is emerging evidence of abrupt and potentially unstoppable changes in the Antarctic environment. The changes are heightening the risk of significant sea level rise and the ...

Antarctica's winter sea ice has hit its third-lowest peak in nearly half a century of satellite monitoring, researchers said Tuesday, highlighting the growing influence of climate change on the planet ...