By Ryan Johnson New research shows affected areas are losing ice five times faster than in the 1990s, with more than 100m of thickness gone in some places Ice losses are rapidly spreading deep into the interior of the Antarctic, new analysis of satellite data shows. The warming of the Southern Ocean is resulting in […]

A colony in Halley Bay lost more than 10,000 chicks in 2016 and hasn’t recovered. Some adults have relocated. The Antarctic’s second-largest colony of emperor penguins collapsed in 2016, with more than 10,000 chicks lost, and the population has not recovered, according to a new study. Many of the adults relocated nearby, satellite imagery shows, […]

 Man made climate change could turn the Antarctica green as ice sheets shrink Carbon dioxide levels may have reached the same levels as the Pliocene period  This was three million years ago and could provide clues to what the future holds Scientists say there is likely to be a ‘lag’ before the true effects of hitting […]

One of the largest icebergs ever recorded has been created after breaking free from an ice shelf in Antarctica with the volume of water is twice that of Lake Erie, one of North America’s five Great Lakes. Larsen C is now 12 percent smaller than it was few months ago and, although the ice shelf […]