As carbon emissions push Earth’s temperature higher and higher, Antarctica is taking the brunt of the impact. This frozen continent is warming nearly twice as fast as the…
Read more Worst-Case Climate Scenario Would Irreversibly Damage Antarctica, Scientists WarnWarming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier, posing a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the…
Read more Warming temperatures are forcing some Antarctic penguins to breed earlier, study findsA shift in balance at the frozen edges of Antarctica could disrupt the balance in all of the world’s oceans — affecting weather patterns and even global food…
Read more Scientists sound alarm over little-known threat emerging from Antarctica: ‘Acting like a giant conveyor belt’The West Antarctic Ice Sheet covers some 760,000 square miles and is up to 1.2 miles thick. If it were to ever melt away entirely, it would add…
Read more Scientists Just Found Another Way Antarctica Is Falling ApartScience likes to travel far in search of new phenomena, but nature keeps reminding us that, really, we’ve yet to discover many things much closer to us. That…
Read more Scientists Find 6-Million-Year-Old Air Trapped in Earth’s Oldest Known IceWhile tracing the footsteps of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his ill-fated Endurance ship, researchers discovered hundreds of fish nests arranged in particular patterns. A remotely operated…
Read more Scientists Went Looking for Shackleton’s Endurance. They found a Hidden Fish City in Perfect Formation InsteadBritish polar explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton established his place in the annals of history after ensuring the survival of his entire crew following the shipwreck of Endurance…
Read more New Study Reveals Why the Endurance SankA foundation created by Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, will fund a project to send drone boats out into the rough ocean around Antarctica to collect…
Read more Former Google CEO Will Fund Boat Drones to Explore Rough Antarctic WatersLast year, the United Nations predicted that Earth’s average temperature could rise more than 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit (3 degrees Celsius) by 2100 if we don’t reduce global emissions.…
Read more These Climate Hacks to Save the Poles Could Totally BackfireEthan Guo, an American social media influencer who has been stuck in a Chilean airbase in Antarctica for two months after landing a plane there without permission, was…
Read more U.S. influencer pilot Ethan Guo released from Chilean air base in Antarctica 2 months after landing without permissionJust months ago, the world’s largest iceberg weighed about a trillion tons and covered an area nearly the size of Anchorage, Alaska. Now it’s less than half that—and…
Read more The World’s Biggest Iceberg Is Finally CrumblingThis story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than the other continents—a great sheet…
Read more Antarctica Is Changing Rapidly. The Consequences Could Be DireRapid changes in the coldest place on Earth could have dangerous consequences for years to come, thousands of miles away. In a new study, experts warn that abrupt…
Read more Abrupt Antarctic climate shifts could lead toLegendary Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance sank more than a century ago and its wreck lay undiscovered at the bottom of the Weddell Sea until March 2022.…
Read more Stunning details of iconic shipwreck Endurance revealed in never-before-seen footageWorld’s largest iceberg on the move after dislodging from ocean floor – CBS News Watch CBS News Satellite imagery from recent months shows Antarctica’s A23a gradually heading north…
Read more World’s largest iceberg on the move after dislodging from ocean floorEditor’s Note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get the latest news in aviation, food and drink, where to stay and other travel developments.…
Read more ‘Like going to the moon’: The world’s most terrifying ocean crossing | CNNThe world’s biggest iceberg — which is roughly three times the size of New York City — is “on the move” after being stuck to the ocean floor…
Read more World’s largest iceberg — 3 times the size of New York City — “on the move” for the first time in 37 yearsScientists revealed Tuesday that they had discovered a vast, hidden landscape of hills and valleys carved by ancient rivers that has been “frozen in time” under the Antarctic…
Read more Scientists discover hidden landscapeCNN — As the Northern Hemisphere swelters under a record-breaking summer heat wave, much further south, in the depths of winter, another terrifying climate record is being broken.…
Read more Antarctica is missing an Argentina-sized amount of sea ice — and scientists are scrambling to figure out why | CNNThe death of five people on the Titan sub highlights the surge in what some are calling “extreme tourism,” in which generally well-heeled travelers scale remote mountains, paraglide…
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