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Antarctica: Latest report says melting sea ice 'not yet irreversible'

In its recently published 'Impact of Climate Change report,' the Potsdam Institute for Research warned that while the marine ice sheet is not destabilised yet, the point of no return could come sooner rather than later.

Earth News

Antarctic sea ice loss decimates emperor penguin colonies

Research has found that sea ice around Antarctica has decreased significantly in the last seven years.

Climate

Antarctica is not ‘frozen in time’, scientists warn as heatwaves bite

Faster action is needed to address Antarctica’s extreme weather, a new report warns.

Climate

The good and the bad news from Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’

Crevasses ‘like a set of sugar cubes’ and sea anemones: Here's what scientists saw at Thwaites Glacier.

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Culture news

Polar noise exhibition reveals rarely heard Arctic and Antarctic sound

The interactive online exhibition features 54 sounds across the Antarctic and Arctic regions and can be fully explored from the warm comfort of your own living room.

Climate

Could rocket launches reopen the ozone hole?

According to researchers at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, rockets ‘punching’ through the stratosphere could contribute to ozone depletion.

Earth News

How can 50,000-year-old ice help to solve the climate crisis?

Antarctic ice is helping scientists to understand how the climate has changed in the last 50,000 years.

Mobility

Dutch students have designed an electric research rover for Antarctica

The group of Dutch students behind the electric rover has recently run successful test drives in Norway to prove it can withstand the harsh weather conditions.

Nature

London-sized iceberg breaks off Antarctica - but scientists aren’t worried

A huge iceberg measuring more than 1,550 square kilometres broke away from the 150 metre thick Brunt Ice Shelf on Sunday.

Climate

Inside the submarine mission to protect 95% of Antarctica’s waters

There is less ice in Antarctica ‘right now than at any other time in recorded history.’

Travel News

One dead after Antarctic cruise ship hit by ‘rogue wave’

The ship was struck by a “rogue wave.”

Russia

Russia may block Antarctic protections amid global tensions

Delegations from Russia and Ukraine are among those meeting in Australia this week to decide the future of Antarctica's pristine waters.

Earth News

Rainwater is no longer safe to drink anywhere on Earth, scientists say

Scientists are calling for tighter restrictions on PFAS which persist in the environment for years.

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Australian Antarctic researchers take traditional icy plunge

Brave swimmers took a dip in minus 19-degree Celsius temperatures - with the wind chill dropping that to about minus 25.

Climate

What’s behind the surprising growth of one Antarctic ice sheet?

Scientists think changing wind patterns and floating sea ice has led to the growth of ice sheets in eastern Antarctica.

Climate

How did it feel to experience Antarctica's 'erratic' new weather?

The ClimateForce 2041 expedition took 160 climate leaders to the Antarctic Peninsula - here's what they want you to know.

Climate Now

Heatwaves and snow: What's really happening to the Antarctic climate?

In partnership with Copernicus

Last month Antarctica experienced a record-breaking heatwave, and unusually high amounts of snowfall in some places. Climate Now asks experts on the ice to explain what's really happening on the frozen continent.

Travel News

Irish polar explorer Shackleton’s ship discovered in Antarctica

107 years after its sinking, Ernest Shackleton’s ‘Endurance’ has been discovered deep beneath the Antarctic Ocean.

Earth News

Why is the snow in Antarctica turning from white to black?

How black carbon pollution is causing Antarctica’s snow to darken - and melt faster

Nature

Meet the polar explorers who fell in love across a frozen continent

Two Australian Antarctic explorers are returning home with a wedding to plan after sparking up a romance that’s endured the isolation of the frozen continent.