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Greenland and Antarctica Lost 11.3 Trillion Tonnes of Ice Since 1979

Most of the loss came from glaciers speeding into the ocean, creating a major source of uncertainty for future sea‑level projections.

Greenland and Antarctica Lost 11.3 Trillion Tonnes of Ice Since 1979

Antarctica Gained 695 Billion Tonnes of Ice as Tropical Warm Pool Fueled Snowfall

Study Finds Antarctica’s 2021–2023 Mass Gain Was a Short Weather Pulse, Not a New Normal

More Than 1,000 Fish Nests Found on Weddell Sea Seafloor

Australian Crew Executes Rare Midwinter Medevac From McMurdo

Study Confirms Blood Falls Are Fed by a Trapped Marine Reservoir

Study Finds Living Marine Eukaryotes in Antarctica's Blood Falls

Melting Antarctic Ice Is Releasing Centuries-Old Mercury

Grounded Iceberg Linked to Collapse of Coulman Island Emperor Penguin Chicks

NISAR’s ‘Hummingbird’ Radar Image Reveals Nunatak and Deep Crevasses in East Antarctica

NISAR Radar Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ Pattern of Crevasses Around Antarctic Nunatak

Canadian-Led Team Dives Into Terra Nova and Begins 3-D Survey of Scott’s Shipwreck

RCGS and WHOI Launch Deep-Sea Survey to Create 3-D Models of Shackleton’s Quest and Scott’s Terra Nova

Vast Winter Sea Ice Missing Off West Antarctica, Raising Threat to Thwaites Ice Shelf

Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf Poised to Break Off in 2026

Antarctic Ice Became Far More Sensitive After Mid‑Pleistocene Shift

Neumayer Station Loses Seven Containers as Storm‑Calved Iceberg Breaks Up

Antarctic Study Finds Long Isolation Raises Loneliness, Mistrust and Mild Paranoia

Scientists Warn Thwaites Glacier’s Eastern Ice Shelf Is About to Detach