The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) said that if it melted, alongside the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, sea levels would rise by 9.8ft. Dr Rob Larter, a marine geophysicist at BAS, said: "Thwaites has been ...

For the second winter in a row, the extent of Antarctic sea ice has been exceptionally below average—and it has just set a ...

Albatrosses and petrels are being forced to fly further to find food, a study claims.

Antarctica’s rapidly shrinking sea ice could have a significant impact on the food supply of seabirds that breed far from the ...

Mirai has arrived at what is known as the ice edge, where countless pieces of ice stretching across the horizon bob with the ...

An area of missing Antarctic sea ice twice the size of Texas adds to concerns that the ice has seen a lasting “regime shift”, ...

An ambitious housing project in the northwestern French city of Caen has run aground over worries that rising waters driven ...

The Chukchi Sea is the one that bounds the United States. It is in the north of the Bering Strait, a waterway separating ...

The study predicts a gradual Antarctic ice sheet loss until 2100. Afterward, rapid retreat may occur, leading to sea-level ...

Antarctica's rapidly receding sea ice could have a negative impact on the food supply of seabirds that breed hundreds of ...

Continuously hotter summers and less sea ice are remaking the Arctic. Some researchers wonder what opportunities might appear ...