Right now, cold air high above Antarctica is up to 35ºC warmer than normal. Normally, strong winds and the lack of sun would keep the temperature at around –55°C. But it's risen sharply to around ...

Much of the U.S. and Europe have been facing record high temperatures and relentless heat domes this summer, but the Earth's most southern continent just recorded a new low temperature. On July 18, ...

Antarctica gained about 695 billion metric tons of ice between July 2021 and April 2023, the largest 22-month mass increase ...

Clouds influence the climate by controlling how much sunlight reaches Earth and by absorbing and emitting heat. Over the ...

Few weather records convey Antarctica’s hostility as clearly as the reading taken at a remote scientific station high on the East Antarctic ice sheet. The number was not a satellite estimate or a ...

Last month, Earth dropped to its coldest temperature in 14 years. Antarctica’s Concordia research station recorded the frigid temperature of –119.4°F (–84.1°C) on July 18. The remote research station ...

Between 2021 and 2023, Antarctica appeared to be growing. Heavy snowfall fueled by wetter weather caused parts of the continent to gain mass, leading some to question whether climate change is really ...

Between 2021 and 2023, Antarctica appeared to be growing. Heavy snowfall caused parts of the continent to gain mass, leading some to question whether climate change is really causing irreversible ...