Arctic sea-ice is currently at its smallest recorded extent for the time of year, while Antarctic sea-ice is close to a new ...

The effective pressure under the Antarctic ice sheet describes how easily the ice flows atop the layer of water separating ...

University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka scientists have successfully analysed more than 30 years of vital data on the ...

The Interannual Variability of Antarctic Fast‐Ice Thickness in McMurdo Sound and Connections to Climate. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans , 2024; 129 (12) DOI: 10.1029/2023JC020134 Cite ...

All of these changes, we can plot them and if we look exponentially, we see really catastrophic effects in the next few years ...

The Antarctic Ice Sheet is losing mass due to warmer air and water temperatures ... because small temperature differences can have large effects on the extent and thickness of sea ice. Animals that ...

Arctic daily sea ice extent continued to hover near record daily lows in January, with the ice edge well northward of its long-term average position in most areas. In contrast to the cold conditions ...

A team from the Polar Engineering Research Group at UCT has set off on their first field expedition to Antarctica.

By Newsbase Extreme winter warming event linked to a deep low-pressure system above Iceland WHAT: The North Pole has ...

Scientists have been studying the melting of Arctic glaciers for years. In addition to the progressive warming of the climate, the ocean also influences this alarming process, potentially leading to ...

A pilot has deconstructed the mystery around why airplanes avoid flights over Antartica – and the reasoning may surprise you. Here's everything you need to know ...