"Average daily temperature in Antarctica is -58° F," reads a screenshot of the slide in an Oct. 1 Facebook post. "Last winter temp at the South Pole reached -106º F. To get any ice to melt ...

Antarctica is melting, and crucial details are beginning to come into focus of exactly how it's happening. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

But beneath Antarctica’s frozen landscape, volcanoes quietly shape Earth's climate in surprising ways. Recent scientific studies reveal that melting ice sheets in West Antarctica might trigger ...

The findings come less than a week after scientists reported rapid melting of West Antarctica’s ice shelves may now be unavoidable, thanks to human-caused global warming. Together, these and ...

Rapid melting is taking place in these areas, as well as in cracks in the ice, the research suggested. Thwaites Glacier is one of the fastest-changing glaciers in Antarctica. The grounding zone ...

The loss of the Thwaites glacier could destabilize western Antarctica. One of ... also known as the "Doomsday glacier," is melting faster than previously thought as warm and dense deep water ...

Hidden rivers of meltwater are decaying Antarctica’s glaciers from beneath, a new study has found — meaning sea levels are likely rising faster than scientists had feared. The faster melting ...

Paul Anker/British Antarctic Survey Supported by By Henry Fountain Deploying an underwater robot beneath a rapidly melting ice shelf in Antarctica, scientists have uncovered new clues about how it ...