Antarctica is divided into three regions: East Antarctica (covered by the East Antarctic Ice Sheet), West Antarctica (covered by the West Antarctic Ice Sheet) and the Antarctic Peninsula. Because of ...

A salty surge in the Southern Ocean is melting Antarctic sea ice from below — and causing dramatic changes scientists didn’t ...

They are animals adapted to snow.” Scientists have observed a reduction in Antarctica’s sea ice due to rising temperatures. Image courtesy of ICCE/Anderson Astor and Marcelo Curia.

Posted: June 19, 2025 | Last updated: June 19, 2025 The curious minds at What If examine the global destruction that could unfold if Antarctica's ice were to melt completely.

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...

The Himalayan Mountains are home to the highest peak in Mount Everest at 29,029 feet, but also to the third largest deposit of ice and snow in the world, after Antarctica and the Arctic. Now the ...

Using satellite data and ice-penetrating radar, scientists revealed that this ancient world, now sealed under ice, once featured rivers, forests, and possibly even palm trees.

A group of researchers in Antarctica have found strange radio waves coming from below the ice. According to the results published in the Physical Review Letters, the mysterious radio waves were ...

Most pixels in cameras detect only red, green or blue light. A sensor made from perovskite materials absorbs all three, improving image brightness and resolution.

Some strange radio signals are broadcasting out of Antarctic ice, and the researchers who found them don't know why. Using a cosmic particle detector, researchers at Penn State detected peculiar ...

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Scientists are trying to solve a decade-long mystery by determining the identity of anomalous signals detected from below ice in Antarctica. The strange radio ...