Much of this uncertainty is because the ocean processes that control the fate of the sheet occur on an incredibly small scale ...

The world's biggest iceberg is drifting toward a tiny south Atlantic island, potentially affecting the wildlife there, ...

Melting sea ice in Antarctica causes ocean storms ... storing more than 90 percent of the excess heat trapped near Earth's surface by greenhouse gas emissions. In particular, sea-ice retreat ...

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On a remote stretch of coastline in East Antarctica, a team of scientists is about to peer beneath the sea ice here for the first time. "Prior to our expedition, there had never been any marine ...