New research has, for the first time, tracked ice shelf, sea ice and ocean swell wave conditions over multiple years in the lead-up to three large-scale iceberg "calving" events in Antarctica, ...

A 1550 square km (963 sq mi.) iceberg, designated A81 broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. A time-lapse of the 'calving ...

Published in Nature Geoscience, the study, led by the Universities of Melbourne and Adelaide, found long periods of sea ice loss surrounding the ice shelves in the six to 18 months prior to calving, ...

A fresh set of numbers is changing what scientists thought happens when a city‑sized slab of ice dissolves into the sea. The ...

Most people will never see Antarctic sea ice up close, but its presence or absence affects our day-to-day lives.Now ...

On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice ...

Scientists at the Australian Antarctic Partnership Program are just beginning to understand the dire effects of extremely low ...

Looking to escape? Here’s a recent trip a local reader took to explore Argentina and Antarctica. Check it out, then find more reader travel inspiration at www.mercurynews.com/tag/wish-you-were-here/.

ANTARCTICA: Iceberg, right ahead! For Sunnyvale’s Carla Klein, a close-up view of icebergs, penguins, seals and whales were among the highlights of a trip to Argentina and Antarctica earlier ...

If snowy landscapes and penguins casually waddling past you are what dreams are made of, then Antarctica's icy wilderness ...