The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification

Coverage falls a million square kilometres short of long-term average with global heating likely driving losses

Global cooperation revealed a landslide, not a glacial collapse, likely initiated the cascade of events

There’s a greater need than ever to understand how climate change in Antarctica will have global consequences – but research if getting more difficult.

The iconic emperor penguin and the Antarctic fur seal are edging closer to extinction, according to a projection by the world's largest environmental network.

Scientists are calling on the Australian government to push back on a plan to scrap hundreds of jobs at the nation's science agency, as they await the release of further details this week.

Members of the group described harrowing moments, with more cracks forming as they looked for the thickest ice.

Each year the birds must stay on floating ice long enough to replace their weather-beaten feathers.

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New research led by ACEAS PhD researcher Annika Oetjens and colleagues at the University of Tasmania reveals that the Southern Ocean may be storing less carbon than climate models assume – with import...

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Under the scheme, climbers paid a $4,000 deposit that was returned if they brought 8kg of waste down the mountain.

We may have seriously underestimated the risks of climate change. This includes derailment risks. This does not mean we are doomed, and it certainly does not mean there is no point in trying to turn o...