The Antarctic coastal zone is not simply the edge of the continent. It is a tightly coupled system where ice from the ice sheet extends over the seabed, initially resting on it and farther out ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A massive chunk of sea ice in West Antarctica has not refrozen following a winter heatwave in the region – a dramatic change that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sea-level rise changes coastlines, putting homes at risk, as Summer Haven, Fla., has seen. Aerial Views/E+/Getty Images When polar ...

Despite surprising recent ice gains, the frozen continent remains in a perilous balance as warmer seas continue to erode the ...

Antarctica's vast floating ice shelves surround about 75 per cent of the continent's coastline and act like a vast buttress, holding back the flow of inland glaciers. However, Norwegian researchers ...

Scientists predict that the next three to five decades provide a critical window to anticipate and plan for Antarctic ice loss and its contribution to sea level rise. Research published in Nature, led ...

East Antarctica gained an astonishing 695 billion tons of ice between 2021 and 2023, temporarily slowing Antarctica’s ...

Scientists would run three continent-wide survey rings around Antarctica, tracking inland ice flow, grounding zones and ocean-facing ice shelves to capture the critical processes driving ice loss, ...

Australian Antarctic scientists are part of a bold international plan to target the knowledge gaps that prevent reliable ...

Thanks to data collected by satellites, scientists have a good understanding of Antarctica's icy surface, but what lies ...

Arctic sea ice and mountain glaciers are melting, and it is hard to look at images and videos of what is happening. But their contribution to sea level rise pales in comparison to what we may see now ...