Due to the extremely cold climate, Lake Unter-See remains covered in ice year-round.

NASA satellites detected a phytoplankton bloom around Antarctic iceberg A-23A as it melted, showing how icebergs can fertilize the ocean.

Antarctica has lost enough ice over the last 30 years to cover the City of Los Angeles area 10 times over, according to new ...

Antarctic sea ice has likely reached its minimum extent for the year, at 2.58 million square kilometers (996,000 square miles) on February 26, 2026, according to scientists at the National Snow and ...

Antarctic sea ice coverage has likely rebounded this year, coming closer to its annual summer average after four years of extreme lows, US scientists said Monday.

It was still 260,000 square kilometres below the 1981-2010 average. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

An enormous iceberg that split off from the Antarctic ice sheet decades ago has turned an alarmingly bright shade of vivid blue — an alarming indication that it’s about to undergo complete ...

HELSINKI, March 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly a quarter of Antarctica's coast-reaching glaciers are in retreat, shedding the equivalent of one Greater Los Angeles every three years, according to a ...

Beneath Antarctica's thick ice, Lake Unter-See harbors a unique ecosystem with high oxygen and alkaline water. Large ...

A UC Irvine-led study used international and commercial satellites to measure glaciers and found more than three-quarters of ...

After analyzing three decades of satellite radar data, scientists have created the first continent-wide record of Antarctic ...

When most people hear the word \"desert,\" they imagine dunes, scorching winds, and unbearable heat. Images of the Sahara or ...