Research involving the University of Liverpool has discovered a trend of increasing surface meltwater in East Antarctica. In ...

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

This discovery, driven by data from the European Space Agency's SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) satellite, challenges ...

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

East Antarctica is the largest ice sheet on Earth. Alone, it holds enough frozen water to raise global sea levels by a ...

This has serious implications for rising sea levels, weather systems and life on land and sea. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting ...

Scientists have been struggling to understand why Antarctic sea ice has declined rapidly and continues to decline. Read more ...

Long-lost 1960s aerial photos let Copenhagen researchers watch Antarctica’s Wordie Ice Shelf crumble in slow motion. By fusing film with satellites, they discovered warm ocean water, not surface ponds ...

Traditionally, melting sea ice is expected to freshen ocean surface waters, as freshwater from the ice dilutes the salty sea.

Visitor numbers to Antarctica could reach 450,000 a year within a decade, according to one scenario. How do we stem the tide?