Climate change − a global phenomenon − can neither be confirmed nor disproven by comparing Antarctic sea ice extent on two ...

Air bubbles within a deep ice core drilled in Antarctica could reveal why Earth suddenly began to experience longer ice ages ...

Analyzing gas trapped within different layers of the ice can tell us about Earth’s climate in the past — and give us clues to ...

Melting ice sheets are often considered synonymous with climate change in the media, with evocative images of lone polar ...

Scientists have warned that melting ice sheets in Antarctica could trigger hidden volcanic eruptions beneath the surface, ...

Melting ice in Antarctica could trigger volcanic eruptions beneath the continent’s vast ice sheet, creating a slow but dangerous feedback loop, scientists warn. A new study suggests the melting ...

More than 100 volcanoes lurk beneath the surface in Antarctica. Ice sheet melt could set them off. The reason is that this unloading of ice sheets reduces pressure on magma chambers below the ...

Melting ice may cause dozens of volcanoes beneath Antarctica's colossal ice sheet to erupt and trigger a troubling feedback loop of environmental damage, scientists have warned. A new study by ...

Turquet’s octopus, which is widespread around Antarctica, has a lot to tell scientists about West Antarctica's imminent ice ...

where the Antarctic ice sheet meets bedrock. The drilling was completed earlier this month at a location called Little Dome C near the Concordia Research Station in southeastern Antarctica.

A Dec. 26, 2024, Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows maps of purported Antarctic sea ice extent ... Drawing conclusions from a comparison of two individual days in a climate record ...

The sample extended so deep that it reached the bedrock beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. The core ... us several 41,000-year glacial cycles to compare with the more recent data from the original ...