Antarctic ice sheet could harbour large methane reservoirs beneath

Last Updated: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 13:04

The Antarctic Ice Sheet could be an important source of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, suggest an international team of scientists.

Octopus `hints at West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse`

Last Updated: Friday, May 11, 2012, 13:12

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet -- one of the world`s major ice sheets, could collapse if global warming continues.

New weak point of Antarctic ice sheet found

Last Updated: Thursday, May 10, 2012, 14:21

An inflow of warmer water beneath the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf will melt the ice from below.

Antarctic ice melting from warm water below: Study

Last Updated: Thursday, April 26, 2012, 09:31

Antarctica`s massive ice shelves are shrinking because they are being eaten away from below by warm water, a new study finds. That suggests that future sea levels could rise faster than many scientists have been predicting.

Sea-level rise may be lower than earlier estimates

Last Updated: Saturday, March 17, 2012, 13:09

A new study has lowered past estimates of sea-level rise, but warns that it’s still a drastic change.

Race is on to find life under Antarctic ice sheet

Last Updated: Monday, February 13, 2012, 21:12

The race is on to discover life in the most remote and extreme environment known on Earth.

First complete map of Antarctic ice flow

Last Updated: Friday, August 19, 2011, 13:18

Scientists with funding from NASA have created the first complete map of the speed and direction of ice flow in Antarctica.

How did Antarctic succumb to ice age?

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 28, 2011, 17:57

The rapid decline of glaciers along the peninsula has led to widespread speculation about how the rest of the continent`s ice sheets will react to rising global temperatures.