Satellites Capture the Hidden World Beneath Antarctica’s Ice

The majority of Antarctica is covered in a thick sheet of ice, but what lies beneath its frozen surface has largely remained ...

Antarctic submillimeter telescope enables more complete view of the carbon cycle in star-forming regions

Chinese researchers have braved the cold and harsh environment of Antarctica in order to get a unique view of star formation ...

The View From Above Antarctica’s Fastest Melting Glacier

Times journalists were able to get tantalizingly close to the Thwaites glacier, which scientists are hoping to spend weeks ...

The fate of the planet’s coastlines depends on how fast Antarctica’s ice sheets melt. We don’t know what’s coming

Some regions of the continent have enough ice to push up sea levels by 15 metres if they all melt, but researchers don’t yet fully understand the consequences ...