antarctica

Humans were not around to see Antarctica in the good times, tens of millions of years ago, when it was home to palms and baobab trees, reptiles and marsupials. It had some of the same...

Thwaites glacier in Antarctica might be past the point of no return. Scientists predict its ice sheet may break off, increasing sea levels.

Photographer and Alaska native Acacia Johnson first visited Antarctica in 2010 as a tourist. From then on, working there became a passion: she was fascinated to see how the ice there was changing, and to...

It still looks edible

Scientists have uncovered a vast network of flowing water that could destabilize the continent

The ice shelf will lose more than 10% of its area when the iceberg breaks off