As the planet warms, Antarctica's ice sheet is melting and contributing to sea-level rise around the globe. Antarctica holds ...

A new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed.

The British Antarctic Survey have released the most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice sheet ...

Peter Fretwell, mapping specialist and co-author at BAS, said it had become clear that the Antarctic Ice Sheet is thicker ...

China wants to build a new Antarctic base, not far (in Antarctic terms) from New Zealand’s Scott Base. It would be China’s ...

The most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice sheet has been assembled by a team of international scientists led from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).

Antarctica — which is one and a half times the size of Canada — has been governed by a treaty of nations. But with rising ...

Some 19 projects dealing with wide range of topics, mostly focused on climate change’s impact on aquatic life, have been ...

China says there is no "geopolitical motive" behind the ongoing expansion of its operations in Antarctica, including newly ...

"In general, it's become clear the Antarctic Ice Sheet is thicker than we originally realised and has a larger volume of ice ...

Scientists have found it difficult to capture longer-term changes to Antarctic sea ice as satellite records date from 45 ...