ABC News chief meteorologist Ginger Zee discusses the relationship between rising temperatures and snowstorms.

A recent study found that four large glacier basins in East Antarctica have experienced substantial ice growth over the past ...

Antarctica wasn’t always a desolate icescape. International researchers announced the discovery of an over ...

Overall, "there is growing evidence that the Antarctic sea ice system has entered a new regime, featuring a much stronger influence of warm ocean waters, limiting ice growth," the NSIDC said.

It’s also vitally important because of the role it plays in global sea levels. As the ice sheet loses mass, sea levels rise — ...

For the past 20 years, Antarctica’s ice sheet has been melting rapidly, but since 2021, it has started to grow again ... in the western region and the Antarctic Peninsula.

Now, “all eyes are on winter sea ice”, says Doddridge. “If 2024 is like last year, there’s going to be a lot of evidence suggesting that Antarctic sea ice has changed, potentially ...

While the Arctic is an ocean surrounded by continents, Antarctica is a continent surrounded by the ocean – this means its sea ice can grow outward, unconstrained by land. Antarctic ice tends to ...

New research has revealed that emperor penguins are experiencing a faster-than-expected decline due to shrinking Antarctic ...

A June 9 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a graphic depicting Antarctic ice shelf change that was originally published in a 2023 research paper. "Is ice melting in Antarctica alarming?" ...

When winter comes to Antarctica, seals and Adélie penguins leave the freezing shores and head for the edge of the forming sea ...

Moss growing on Ardley Island ... (2019). Four decades of Antarctic Ice Sheet mass balance from 1979–2017. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(4), 1095–1103.