TIME logo
Connect Wallet
Wallet Settings
Disconnect Wallet
MetaMask
WalletConnect
Sign In
My Account
Manage Account
Digital Magazines
Subscriber Benefits
TIME Storefront
Help Center
Sign Out
SUBSCRIBE FOR 99¢
Subscribe
Spotlight Story
How to Help Victims of Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
Close
My Account
Manage Account
Digital Magazines
Subscriber Benefits
TIME Storefront
Help Center
Sign Out
Sign In
Subscribe
Sections
Home
U.S.
Politics
World
Health
Climate
Personal Finance by NextAdvisor
Future of Work by Charter
Business
Tech
Entertainment
Ideas
Science
History
Sports
Magazine
TIME 2030
TIME Studios
Video
TIME100 Talks
TIMEPieces
The TIME Vault
TIME for Health
TIME for Kids
TIME Edge
TIME CO2
Red Border: Branded Content by TIME
Join Us
Newsletters
Subscribe
Subscriber Benefits
Give a Gift
Shop the TIME Store
Connect Wallet
Customer Care
US & Canada
Global Help Center
Reach Out
Careers
Press Room
Contact the Editors
Media Kit
Reprints and Permissions
More
Privacy Policy
Your California Privacy Rights
Terms of Use
Site Map
Connect with Us
antarctica
A London-Sized Iceberg Broke Off Antarctica
By Jasmine Aguilera
These Charts Show How High Sea Levels Will Rise if Antarctica's Ice Continues to Melt
By Jeffrey Kluger
Sea Levels Might Rise Because of This Unstable Glacier
By Jasmine Aguilera
Breaking the Ice Ceiling: The Women Working in Antarctica Today
By Maïa Booker
More in
antarctica
A 100-Year-Old Fruitcake Was Found 'Perfectly Preserved' in Antarctica
It still looks edible
By Rachel Lewis
August 11, 2017
New Discovery in Antarctica Suggests Ice Sheets Could Disappear Way Faster Than Previously Thought
Scientists have uncovered a vast network of flowing water that could destabilize the continent
By Justin Worland
April 19, 2017
An Iceberg the Size of Delaware Is Set to Break Off From Antarctica
The ice shelf will lose more than 10% of its area when the iceberg breaks off
By Kate Samuelson
January 6, 2017
See the Giant Crack That Could Collapse Part of an Antarctic Ice Shelf
A large crack in an Antarctic ice shelf has grown by 13 miles in the past six months
By Justin Worland
September 12, 2016
2 Sick Workers Rescued From Remote South Pole Station
It's only the third time that a rescue has ever been attempted during the Antarctic winter
By Amanda Calvo
June 23, 2016
Plane Lands at the South Pole For Risky Rescue Mission
The rescue is anything but routine with only two such missions ever achieved
By Amanda Calvo
June 22, 2016
Australia Rescues 37 People Stranded on Ship in Antarctica
The
Aurora Australis
is a 4,311-ton icebreaker
By Nash Jenkins
February 26, 2016
There's More Than Meets the Eye to This Photo of an Iceberg Dwarfing a Ship
That's a 3,300-ton ship
By Justin Worland
February 25, 2016
Antarctica May Have Just Seen Its Hottest Day Ever
The continent appears to have hit 63.5 F for the first time thanks to global warming
By Eliana Dockterman
March 28, 2015
Five Best Ideas of the Day: March 27
1. Why did Saudi Arabia lead airstrikes on the rebels who’ve seized Yemen? The answer isn’t as clear as it seems. By Frederic Wehrey at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 2. Three black swimmers...
By The Aspen Institute
March 27, 2015
The Antarctic Ice Shelves Are Melting Rapidly
The rate is also accelerating over time
By Sabrina Toppa
March 27, 2015
Scientists Discover Fish Living Deep Below Antarctic Ice
A National Science Foundation-funded expedition to the Antarctic has unearthed a surprising result: There are fish who live without sunlight under almost half a mile of ice in 28-degree water. Scientists had never before sampled...
By Jack Dickey
January 24, 2015
Antarctic Tourism Could Pose Threat to Penguins
Scientists sound the alarm after foreign pathogens sweep through penguin colonies
December 20, 2014
The Freezing-Cold Place Where Scientists Found Life
There are close to 4,000 organisms living in the lake, which hasn’t seen sunlight for millions of years
By TIME Video
August 21, 2014
There's Life Beneath the Antarctic
It could help point to the possibilities of life on other planets
By Melissa Hellmann
August 21, 2014
Climate Change Threatens Antarctica's Penguins
The greatest hazard comes from warming temperatures' impact on sea-ice cover, which the penguins rely on for travel and hunting
By Nash Jenkins
July 1, 2014
Antarctica's Ice Losses Double, Study Says
A European study based on data from Europe's Cryosat satellite shows the continent is now losing an annual total of about 160 billion metric tons of ice, enough to push global sea levels up by 0.43mm a year
By Barbara Tasch
May 19, 2014
An Iceberg Six Times the Size of Manhattan Is Loose
Heading for the Southern Ocean? You may want to keep an eye out for the ice massif known as B31, which has broken off from the Pine Island glacier that scientists say is “thinning and draining rapidly”
By David Stout
April 25, 2014
The Earth Is Changing Rapidly. Can We Change Too?
On Earth Day, we celebrate a planet that has nurtured human life. But it wasn't always so nice—and as the climate changes, it may get worse
By Bryan Walsh
April 22, 2014
Load More Articles
More from
TIME
More From TIME