The Latest Breaking News from Antarctic

It’s impossible to turn on the TV, listen to the radio or scroll social media without hearing about real-world climate impacts. July is the hottest month on record. The United Nations has declared an era of global boiling. Europe and North America are experiencing record-breaking heat waves while Antarctic sea…

Antarctic sea ice is melting and massive chunks are not coming back yet, alarming scientists

Operations leader Emma Campbell says cut is due to ending of a temporary budget supplement and an internal efficiency dividend

If all of Antarctica's ice melts, global sea levels are predicted to rise by 190 feet

After record breaking days on Monday and Tuesday, unofficial analysis shows the world may have seen its hottest seven days in a row

In the past few weeks, climate records have shattered across the globe. July 4 was the hottest global average day on record, breaking the new record set the previous day. Average sea surface temperatures have been the highest ever recorded and Antarctic sea ice extent the lowest on record.

The extent of sea ice in Antarctica has shrunk compared with the long-term average for this time of year between 1981 and 2010 by an area four times the size of Texas.

Rising temperatures in north Atlantic and drop in Antarctic sea ice prompt fears of widespread damage from extreme weather

Data collected by an observatory in Antarctica has produced our first view of the Milky Way galaxy through the lens of neutrino particles. It’s the first time we have seen our galaxy “painted” with a particle, rather than in different wavelengths of light.