At roughly 425 parts per million, today’s atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration sits nearly 80 percent above the level that, according to new modeling, triggers runaway ice loss in Antarctica. A ...

A new study suggests Antarctica’s ice sheet hit a climate tipping point about one million years ago, making it far more ...

Antarctic ice cores revealed a hidden greenhouse effect that explains why some parts of Antarctica warm more dramatically ...

Beneath nearly two kilometres of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, locked away since the continent froze over at least 34 million years ago, scientists have found something that changes the way ...

Antarctica is well-known as the Earth’s most extreme outpost — it’s freezing, lonely, and mysterious. In winter, temperatures plunge even below -80°C. Months can pass without sunlight, and some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A portion of the world's iciest, coldest continent is "greening" at a dramatic rate because of global warming, scientists ...

Today, Antarctica is the part of Earth with the coldest climate — a frigid landscape that also happens to be the driest and windiest environment on the planet.But millions of years ago, the continent ...

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A Feb. 10 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows renderings of Earth, maps and mountains of ice and snow. “What if Antarctica is simply a giant ice wall that prevents us from seeing the rest ...

My husband and I just marked a significant milestone by visiting our seventh continent together: Antarctica. During the past 20 years, our mutual love for exploration has taken us to every corner of ...

Navigating snow drifts, social isolation and elephant seals, sci-fi-inspired architect Hugh Broughton is reshaping life at ...