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Physics Nobel highlights Antarctica's role in exploring the cosmos

When Belgian American particle physicist Francis Halzen was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics "for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discover...

Research directions for North Pole·43 expedition outlined

Director of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute Alexander Makarov noted that the scientific program will primarily include oceanology, geophysics, and atmospheric research

Mysterious Antarctic region that could lift sea levels by several metres must be studied - researchers

It’s largely unexplored - but scientists know the Wilkes Subglacial Basin is incredibly important for predicting the future.

Sovereignty on Ice

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Antarctica’s sea ice has undergone a stunning reversal

Antarctic sea ice reached its third-lowest winter maximum in 2026, extending a remarkable decline that began after years of record-breaking growth. Scientists are investigating whe...

A Cloudy Climate Mystery Over Antarctica Has Scientists Rethinking Their Models

Researchers compare observations with leading climate models to identify errors and help improve future climate predictions. Some simulations put too many low clouds over the South...

Forces deep inside Earth helped Antarctica freeze before the Arctic

Scientists may have solved the mystery of why Antarctica froze millions of years before the Arctic. Slow-moving waves deep inside Earth gradually lifted East Antarctica, building m...

Antarctica’s Sea Ice Has Gone From Record Highs to Near-Record Lows

Antarctica’s sea ice has plunged from record highs to its third-lowest winter peak, revealing a dramatic reversal in the frozen continent’s recent history. Antarctic sea ice reache...

Mountains That Helped Complex Life Flourish May Lie Hidden Beneath Antarctic Ice

Proving once again that you need the right geology to get life-promoting biology. ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don'...

‘Robust little’ vessel begins treacherous 22,000km journey around Antarctica in the name of climate science

Powered by sun and wind, the uncrewed vehicle will collect data to help Australian scientists better understand how oceans absorb emissionsGet our breaking news email, free app or...

Scottish expert in mission to remote Antarctic island home to 1000 penguins

UKAHT is also dispatching people to the home of Antarctica’s second longest continuous climate recording, Wordie House on Winter Island

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #41 2026

Open access notables Committed Antarctic Ice Sheet mass loss by the end of the twenty-first century, Lin et al., Nature Geoscience The Antarctic Ice Sheet is the largest source of...

Antarctica gained 695 billion tons in 2021-23 as tropical warmth drove heavy snowfall

Between 2021 and 2023, Antarctica experienced a notable gain in ice mass, primarily driven by exceptional snowfall in East Antarctica. This unusual occurrence, influenced by warmer...

‘Concerning’ low sea ice persists as Antarctic hits third-lowest winter peak

Antarctic sea ice has recorded its third-smallest winter peak extent since satellite records began 48 years ago, new data reveals.… The post ‘Concerning’ low sea ice persists as An...

New Study: Antarctic Ice Melt Has Contributed Less Than 1 Centimeter To Sea Level Rise In The Last 30 Years

A new study reports Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) glacier melt has added a grand total of just 0.74 cm to sea levels from 1992-2020. The authors apparently consider this amount − +0.26...

AI maps 39,619 Antarctic icebergs forming ‘picket fence’ that holds sea ice

New Study: Antarctic Ice Melt Has Contributed Less Than 1 Centimeter To Sea Level Rise In The Last 30 Years

A new study reports Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) glacier melt has added a grand total of just 0.74 cm to sea levels from 1992-2020. The authors apparently consider this amount − +0.26...

Antarctica Gained a Record 695 Billion Tons of Ice in Just Two Years

A tropical warming event helped drive record snowfall and a temporary 695-billion-ton ice gain in East Antarctica without reversing long-term Antarctic ice loss. Between 2021 and 2...

An Unmapped Region of Antarctica Could Be Harboring a Major Threat

The Wilkes Subglacial Basin contains enough ice to raise global mean sea level by 10 to 13 feet.

55-Million-Year-Old Penguin Fossils Preserve Clues to a Warmer Antarctica

A team of paleontologists studying penguin fossils from Seymour Island found that ancient bird bones can preserve chemical evidence of past climate change. Ancient penguin bones fr...

Antarctica gained a record 695 billion tons of ice. Scientists found the surprising reason

East Antarctica gained an astonishing 695 billion tons of ice between 2021 and 2023, temporarily slowing Antarctica’s long-term decline. Researchers found that warming thousands of...

Icebreaker to Extract Macquarie Island Researchers Due to Bird Flu Fear

The Australian Antarctic Division (ADD) is preparing to dispatch its research vessel Nuyina to evacuate all the personnel at the Macquarie Island rese...

Scientists Say Antarctica’s Lost ‘Supermountains’ May Have Fueled an Explosion of Life on Earth

Millions of years ago, continental collisions created enormous mountains in what's now Antarctica. As they eroded, Earth's life thrived from their nutrient-rich deposits.

Reprint: Greetings from Antarctica

In 2009, Isthmus staffer David Medaris penned a cover story on the Ice Cube neutrino project, stationed in the South Pole. Professor Francis Halzen, the principal investigator of t...