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

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.

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.

Antarctica’s massive ice sheet has started growing again — at least for now. A study published this week in Science China Earth Sciences finds that the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) experienced a ...

In May 2025, scientists warned that current projections may underestimate the impact of subglacial water, which forms when ...

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 ...

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?" ...

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.

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