New research shows that warm ocean currents triggered a rapid collapse of part of East Antarctica’s ice sheet 9,000 years ago, offering clues about future sea level rise.

A team of IMAS scientists is gearing up for a 56-day journey to uncover the secrets of a previously unexplored part of ...

Antarctica isn’t closed to the world, but it is heavily restricted. Extreme weather, isolation, lack of infrastructure, and environmental protection laws make travel dangerous and tightly controlled.

Unmanned submarine Ran mapped Antarctica's Dotson Ice Shelf on 14 successful missions before vanishing on an extended ...

A submarine was exploring underwater structures in Antarctica when it mysteriously went missing without explanation ...

Antarctica faces abrupt, irreversible climate changes as warming nears 1.5 °C, threatening ice, oceans, ecosystems, and ...

Antarctica holds so much frozen water that if it vanished overnight, the shape of the planet’s coasts, climate and oceans ...

A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s ...