Gabriele Carugati, an atmospheric chemist, glaciologist and station leader, described temperatures at that level as ...

Much of the U.S. and Europe have been facing record high temperatures and relentless heat domes this summer, but the Earth's most southern continent just recorded a new low temperature. On July 18, ...

Between 2021 and 2023, Antarctica appeared to be growing. Heavy snowfall fueled by wetter weather caused parts of the ...

A decade ago, Bradley Markle, an assistant professor at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado Boulder, noticed an odd pattern while sifting through temperature ...

Scientists in Antarctica have recorded a new record temperature of 20.75 degrees Celsius (69.35 Fahrenheit), breaking the barrier of 20 degrees for the first time on the continent, a researcher said ...

Right now, cold air high above Antarctica is up to 35ºC warmer than normal. Normally, strong winds and the lack of sun would keep the temperature at around –55°C. But it's risen sharply to around ...

The record-setting cold at the Concordia research station comes just weeks after another part of the southernmost continent experienced the opposite extreme, with winter temperatures climbing to unpre ...

A new study suggests Antarctica’s ice sheet hit a climate tipping point about one million years ago, making it far more reactive to temperature and CO2 changes. Researchers warn this surprising ...

After decades of losses, satellites recorded a massive Antarctic ice gain between 2021 and 2023, but researchers say the ...

The continent is releasing higher levels of mercury into the ocean and marine ecosystem because of climate change, and the ...

Antarctica is releasing alarming amounts of mercury into the surrounding ocean as climate change accelerates the melting of ...