World’s biggest iceberg breaks away from the Antarctic ice shelf, European Space Agency reveals 

Meet the world’s biggest iceberg: Huge 1,667 square mile block that’s even bigger than MAJORCA has broken away from the Antarctic ice shelf, European Space Agency reveals The massive block of ice broke off from the Ronne Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea It is 105 miles long by 15 miles wide and was spotted … Read more

Melting Antarctic icebergs may trigger chain reaction to new ice age

Icebergs in the Antarctic gradually melting further and further from the frozen continent could be the trigger that plunges Earth into a new ice age, study finds.  Researchers from Cardiff University reconstructed past climate conditions and identified tiny fragments of Antarctic rock dropped in the open ocean as part of a study designed to understand … Read more

Melting icebergs in the Antarctic could trigger a chain reaction leading to a new ice age

Icebergs in the Antarctic gradually melting further and further from the frozen continent could be the trigger that plunges Earth into a new ice age, study finds.  Researchers from Cardiff University reconstructed past climate conditions and identified tiny fragments of Antarctic rock dropped in the open ocean as part of a study designed to understand … Read more

Penguin slides across ice on belly as it follows Antarctic researchers for more than a half a mile 

We’ve picked up a penguin! Bellowing bird slides across the ice on its belly as it follows Antarctic researchers for more than a half a mile Australian researcher Matthew Williams started chatting to Smudge the penguin The emperor penguin followed Williams and his team over Antarctica on his belly In the video, Smudge stops sliding … Read more

Climate change: Antarctic seabed channels carrying warm water could be aiding ice loss, study shows

Antarctic seabed channels carrying warm water are the ‘critical link’ between the ocean and the underside of the Thwaites Glacier that is causing ice loss, studies show The melting rate of the Thwaites Glacier has increased five-fold in 30 years Experts believe that it accounts for around 4 per cent of total sea level rise Researchers … Read more

Antarctic penguin populations could explode due to global warming

Antarctic penguins could experience a ‘population boom’ due to global warming as melting sea ice means they have to spend less time foraging for food.  Japanese scientists describe the Adélie species of penguin, which is native to Antarctica, as a ‘rare global warming winner’ thanks to melting ice.  In low-ice conditions, penguins are able travel more … Read more

Antarctic summer sea ice dropped a THIRD in past five years

The amount of summer sea ice found in the Weddell Sea area of Antarctica has reduced by 386,102 square miles (1 million sq km) in the past five years. That is an area twice the size of Spain and will have a significant impact on the marine ecosystem in the area, according to researchers. Sea ice … Read more

Antarctic ice sheets retreated up to 50 metres a DAY at the end of the last Ice Age

Global sea levels could rise as much as 10ft (3 metres) if the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica collapses.  Sea level rises threaten cities from Shanghai to London, to low-lying swathes of Florida or Bangladesh, and to entire nations such as the Maldives.  In the UK, for instance, a rise of 6.7ft (2 metres) or more … Read more

Rare fossil of dinosaur found in Australia, which scientists believe roamed the Antarctic Circle

Rare fossil of dinosaur related to the T. rex that researchers believe roamed the Antarctic Circle 110 million years ago is discovered in Australia Researchers in Australia discovered a rare fossil of a T. rex relative The new species was believed to have roamed Antarctica 110 million years ago  The fossil is the first of … Read more

Microplastics are found for the first time in Antarctic sea ice

Microplastics are found for the first time in Antarctic sea ice as human pollution reaches the most remote regions of the planet Ice core drilled in 2009 was analysed by the University of Tasmania scientists   Found 96 total microplastic particles in the 3.5ft long chunk of sea ice  More than a third (34%) of the … Read more