Antarctica

The Case of the (France-Sized) Missing Antarctic Ice

“It's just a question of whether we're fast enough to stretch out that loss to several thousand years versus dumb enough to keep warming the planet and seeing it collapse very quickly in a century or two,” says a research scientist of what’s happening in Antarctica.

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth

Scientists See Converging Evidence of Antarctic Ice Retreat

By Bob Berwyn

Southern Right Whales Are Having Fewer Calves; Scientists Say a Warming Ocean Is to Blame

By Teresa Tomassoni

Satellites Reveal New Climate Threat to Emperor Penguins

By Bob Berwyn

New Climate Reports Show ‘Unprecedented Run of Global Heat’

By Bob Berwyn

Ocean Warming Breaks Record for Ninth Straight Year

By Johnny Sturgeon

Scientists Warn About the ‘Greenlandification’ of Antarctica

By Bob Berwyn

Human Impacts on Ocean Could Double or Triple by 2050, a New UC Santa Barbara Study Warns

By Teresa Tomassoni

Geoengineering Won’t Save Us From Global Warming, New Study Says

By Bob Berwyn

Charting Whale ‘Superhighways’ for Conservation

By Teresa Tomassoni

Record Krill Catch Prompts Early End to Fishing Season in Antarctica and Growing Calls to Protect its Fragile Ecosystems

By Teresa Tomassoni

Melting Ice Caps Could Bring Dormant Volcanoes to Life, Research from the Chilean Andes Shows

By Bob Berwyn

New Climate Study Highlights Dire Sea Level Warnings

By Bob Berwyn

Global Scientific Community Urges World Leaders to Transform Research Into Policy Ahead of UN Ocean Conference

By Teresa Tomassoni

Penguin Poop May Help Preserve Antarctic Climate

By Bob Berwyn

Trump Administration Decommissions Sea Ice Data That Sounded an Alarm on Arctic Climate Change

By Peter Aldhous

Listening for Whale Sounds 1,000 feet Deep in the Antarctic Ocean

By Teresa Tomassoni

Global Warming Will Weaken Earth’s Strongest Ocean Current, New Study Predicts

By Bob Berwyn

Scientists Call for More Marine Protected Areas in the Southern Ocean

By Teresa Tomassoni