When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ...

As global temperatures rise, the ecology of Antarctica is already changing, but Earth's climate would have to change ...

Recent satellite images from NASA’s Earth Observatory reveal a shocking decline in Antarctic sea ice, hitting its ...

Gemma O’Connor, a UW post-doctorate in the School of Oceanography, approached a relatively common scientific belief that ice sheet decline in western Antarctica was driven by westerly winds. By proxy, ...

While continental in scale, the ozone hole over the Antarctic was small in 2025 compared to previous years and remains on ...

The 2025 Antarctic ozone hole is the fifth-smallest recorded in more than two decades, NASA and NOAA officials say.

Melting Antarctic ice reveals rocky peaks that release iron, which drifts into the ocean and helps tiny plants absorb carbon ...

The Trump administration and Congress, seeking to improve security, have approved funding for eight icebreakers and are ...

A University of Houston scientist has teamed with international partners to examine how Antarctica's massive glaciers are ...

If the ice blanketing Antarctica were to vanish, the world’s shorelines would be redrawn so radically that some countries would simply cease to exist. Entire coastal megacities would be abandoned, new ...

The Falkland Islands sit far north of the Antarctic Peninsula, yet they’re a key part of many Antarctic expeditions. These windswept islands burst with life, and here you can spot colonies of king ...