Climate change was key to Antarctic sea ice hitting record lows in 2023

A long-term regime change may have occurred in Southern Ocean, suggests study

The limits of ice: What a 19th century expedition trapped in sea ice for a year tells us about Antarctica’s future

Antarctica’s sea ice has held out for longer. A ship like the Belgica could have been stuck in sea ice as late as 2015

Scientists reconstruct history of world’s most powerful ocean current over last 5.3 million years and its link to global climate

Antarctic Circumpolar Current could grow stronger due to human-caused climate change, accelerate melting of Antarctic ice

Simply Put: Antarctica ice sheet

Antarctica’s sea ice is at its lowest extent ever recorded

High temperatures and warm air from north may be responsible: Experts

A single Antarctic heatwave or storm can noticeably raise the sea level

Individual extreme weather events can also have a much longer-term effect on the world’s largest ice sheets

Mega iceberg released 158 billion tonnes of water into ocean

Over Christmas 2020, the mega iceberg hit the headlines around the world after coming worryingly close to South Georgia, raising concerns it …

Antarctica, Greenland ice sheet melting matches worst-case climate change scenarios: Study

Ice sheets lose ice at rates predicted by worst-case scenarios estimated in the last report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

High road to Dubai COP28: Scientists join group in saying 1.5°C warming limit too high

20-nation group point to global impacts on world’s ice sheets, glaciers and cryosphere