A Dec. 26, 2024, Instagram post shows maps of purported Antarctic sea ice extent, or area, from Dec. 24, 1979, and the same day in 2024. Text above the graphic says the extent was larger in 2024 ...

Antarctic sea ice has been quite stable in its average extent over that period – until 2016, when it began to decline. Since 2016, there have been seen several record summer lows, with Antarctic ...

The rapidly shrinking sea ice pack in Antarctic waters will likely recover if prompt action is taken to contain greenhouse ...

A Dec. 26, 2024, Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows maps of purported Antarctic sea ice extent, or area, from Dec. 24, 1979, and the same day in 2024. Text above the graphic says the ...

says although the total fast ice area is much smaller than the pack ice (broken up sea ice) in Antarctica, it has very important roles to play in Earth's climate system and for the breeding ...

23, 2024, Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a map of Antarctic sea ice extent, or area, with color coding that purportedly shows ice gain and loss between Dec. 21, 2016, and Dec.

What does the megaberg heading for South Georgia Island near the Antarcitc mean for the penguins, birds, and seals that make it their home.

Only a few expedition cruise companies offer trips with an opportunity to ski in Antarctica. Here's what it's like to see a ...

By the end of 2024, Antarctic sea ice extent had recovered to 7.3 million square kilometers (2.8 million square miles)—very close to the 1981 to 2010 average, NSIDC said.

O.V.E.R.V.I.E.W. via Flickr, CC BY 2.0 "Warm" water is flowing toward one of Antarctica's biggest ice shelves, which, if it melted, could dramatically raise sea levels. In a study published Nov.

The vast Antarctic Ice Sheet ... Observations suggest many of these ice shelves are thinning as they melt from below, with implications for ocean dynamics, global sea level, and Earth's climate.