Strong westerly winds behind dramatic increase in Antarctic sea ice levels

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 14:10

Despite warmer air and oceans, there`s more sea ice in Antarctica now than in the 1970s, a new study suggests.

`Uninhabitable` Antarctic subglacial lake shows sign of diverse life forms

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 16:53

Scientists have found proof of diverse life forms, dating back nearly a hundred thousand years, in an Antarctic subglacial lake`s sediments.

Humpback whales spend winter in Antarctica

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 15:39

Researchers have found that not all Southern Hemisphere humpback whales migrate towards the equator at the end of the Antarctic summer.

Ice sheet in West Antarctica existed 20 mn yrs earlier than believed

Last Updated: Thursday, September 5, 2013, 11:08

A new research has showed that an ice sheet located on West Antarctica existed 20 million years earlier than previously thought.

Antarctic ice core reveals how last ice age ended

Last Updated: Friday, August 16, 2013, 13:00

Analysis of an Antarctic ice core has revealed that warming in the frozen continent began about 22,000 years ago, a few thousand years earlier than suggested by earlier records.

Changes in earth`s orbit blamed for Antarctic warming that ended last ice age

Last Updated: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 22:08

A US-led research team studying a new ice core from West Antarctica found that warming there was well under way 20,000 years ago.

Global warming 5 mn yrs ago may have raised sea levels by 20m

Last Updated: Monday, July 22, 2013, 12:23

Global warming caused 5 million years ago may have melted parts of Antarctica`s large ice sheets and caused sea levels to rise by about 20 metres.

Giant iceberg breaks off from Antarctic glacier

Last Updated: Thursday, July 11, 2013, 14:47

A huge chunk of ice broke off on Monday from Antarctic`s Pine Island glacier, the longest and fastest flowing glacier in the frozen continent, and is now flowing as a very large iceberg in the Amundsen Sea.

May global temperatures third warmest on record: US

Last Updated: Friday, June 21, 2013, 09:47

Global temperatures last month tied with 1998 and 2005 as the third warmest for a month of May since record-keeping began in 1880, US scientists said today.

Warm ocean water melting Antarctic ice from below

Last Updated: Friday, June 14, 2013, 10:45

A new study has found that ocean waters melting the undersides of Antarctic ice shelves are responsible for most of the continent`s ice shelf mass loss.

Antarctic polar icecap formed `33.6 million years ago

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 18:42

The Antarctic continental ice cap came into existence during the Oligocene epoch, some 33.6 million years ago, according to data from an international expedition.