Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Antarctic is rapidly greening due to climate change global warming, according to a new study Friday from the British Antarctic ...

In 2015, after decades of relative stability, Antarctica's sea ice suddenly began to disappear. Sea ice extent reached a record low in 2023, and scientists have now figured out what happened in that ...

A growing body of peer-reviewed research is dismantling a persistent misconception: that melting Antarctic ice sheets might produce a silver lining by cooling the planet. Multiple studies published ...

A study published Monday finds parts of Antarctica's ice shelves are expected to melt in the coming years, no matter how much progress is made to slash greenhouse emissions and mitigate global warming ...

Hidden beneath the thick, frozen skin of East Antarctica lies a surprising discovery—ancient river-carved landscapes that may hold the key to understanding how the vast ice sheet will behave as the ...

The Antarctic Ice Sheet gained mass between 2021 and 2023, a dramatic reversal from decades of loss. Four key glacier basins in East Antarctica showed significant growth due to increased snowfall. The ...