On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice ...

Antarctic sea ice is more than just a platform for penguins. The sea ice's high reflectivity influences the whole Earth's ...

The dramatic loss of sea ice around Antarctica has occurred with the re-emergence of the Maud Rise polynya in the Weddell Sea ...

Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated ocean warming, faster loss ...

Scientists at the Australian Antarctic Partnership Program are just beginning to understand the dire effects of extremely low ...

A sudden salinity spike in the Southern Ocean is accelerating Antarctic ice loss and triggering a dangerous climate feedback ...

Recent record summer lows in Antarctic sea ice provide a window into a future warmer climate with more extreme events — but ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater ...

Most people will never see Antarctic sea ice up close, but its presence or absence affects our day-to-day lives.Now ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace.

Antarctic sea ice extent anomalies (the difference between the long-term average and the measurement) for the entire satellite record since the late 1970s. Edward Doddridge, using data from the US ...

This brings heatwaves on land and melts even more of the Antarctic ice sheet, which raises sea levels globally. Our new study has revealed that the Southern Ocean is changing, but in a different ...