Avainsana: Antarctica

Meltwater could undermine the walls of ice holding back Antarctica’s glaciers, scientists reported on Wednesday, a finding that underscores concern about the potential for a…

Fracture at the front of Ross ice shelf, the largest in Antarctica. A platform of ice nearly four times the size of the UK is…

At around 5,100 sq km, the behemoth has been the largest free-floating block of ice in Antarctica since it broke away from the continent in…

Scientists have recorded Antarctica’s first documented heat wave, warning that animal and plant life on the isolated continent could be drastically affected by climate change….