British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists have deployed artificial intelligence (AI) to cut seafloor image analysis from hours—or even years—to seconds, accelerating efforts to map Antarctica's ...

Pine Island Glacier, one of the fastest-shrinking glaciers in Antarctica, hastened its slide into the sea between 2017 and ...

The Madingley-based organisation’s 2025/26 Antarctic field season is under way, marked by the arrival of the first aircraft ...

Pink granite boulders scattered across the dark volcanic peaks of the Hudson Mountains in West Antarctica, have revealed the ...

One of the most potent greenhouse gas emissions has been discovered seeping out of cracks of the Antarctic seafloor, researchers announced. Methane has been measured escaping from crevices in the ...

Methane is one of the most concerning greenhouse gas emissions. One of the most potent greenhouse gas emissions has been discovered seeping out of cracks of the Antarctic seafloor, researchers ...

Deep in West Antarctica lies the Thwaites Glacier — known to scientists as the “Doomsday Glacier.” It’s one of the largest ice formations on Earth, and it’s melting faster than anyone predicted. If it ...

Ernest Shackleton's ship, the Endurance, infamously sank in Antarctica — and now a new study finds that it had known flaws.

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. A large tabular iceberg (42 kilometers x 17 kilometers) broke off Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica (75ºS latitude ...

Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it ...