Antarctica
As Sea Ice Melts, Antarctic Seafloor Life Flourishes
The phenomenon could act as a "negative feedback" for climate change.
All of Antarctica Might Melt, Drowning Major Cities
"Unrestrained fossil fuel burning means giving up many if not most of the major cities of the world. It means giving up Florida."
50-Million-Year-Old Sperm Found in Antarctica
The find may shed light on the evolution of worms and leeches.
Requiem for the Cryosphere: Huge Antarctic Ice Shelf Is About to Disintegrate
The 10,000-year-old mass of ice will be gone in the next five years, scientists say.
Antarctic Ice Melting May Be Worse Than Thought
The study suggests an important ice shelf may be being bathed in warm water.
Putin Makes His First Move in Race to Control the Arctic
Russia is deploying troops and testing missiles in the polar region, poised to commandeer its massive energy reserves
Antarctica Ice Sheet Sheds an Everest Every 2 Years
The melt rate has tripled in just the past 10 years.
How Global Warming Threatens Antarctic Animals
In western Antartica, an increase in glacial collisions is destroying ecological diversity
Antarctic Ice Report Shows the Future We Can't Change
Those who live on coastlines—or their children and their children's children, more accurately—will have to contend with an unprecedented rise in sea levels
Scientists Develop Antarctic Ice Dating Technique Using Krypton
The method could provide clues to the Earth's climate in the past and predict future climate patterns
