Amber usually brings to mind tropical forests, trapped insects, and warm landscapes. That is what makes the new Antarctic ...

Ancient Antarctic Sea Monster May Have Laid This Football-Size Egg. A 68 million-year-old egg the size of a football — the ...

A network of ancient subglacial basins stretching across much of East Antarctica has been identified and mapped at continent ...

A new study shows that atmospheric rivers may be responsible for up to 90% of Antarctica’s annual precipitation.

Atmospheric rivers act like "rivers in the sky," shuttling intense bands of warm, heavy moisture from lower to higher ...

A new study suggests Antarctica’s ice sheet hit a climate tipping point about one million years ago, making it far more ...

Freshwater from melting Antarctic glaciers may be influencing the Southern Ocean in ways scientists have largely overlooked.

After uncovering Antarctic prospecting by Moscow’s Akademik Alexander Karpinsky, Daily Maverick’s probing questions may have ...

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Scientists have identified a hidden climate tipping point that changed how Antarctica's ice sheet responds to warming.

If it destabilises, it could trigger a wider collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet, raising sea levels by up to 5 metres.

Explore the impact of increasing tourism in Antarctica and the importance of protecting its fragile ecosystem on World ...