New research reveals the importance of winter sea ice in the year-to-year variability of the amount of atmospheric CO2 ...

When winter comes to Antarctica, seals and Adélie penguins leave the freezing shores and head for the edge of the forming sea ...

New research has revealed that emperor penguins are experiencing a faster-than-expected decline due to shrinking Antarctic ...

The Arctic is losing ice—fast. To better predict the future, scientists headed to the North’s last bastion of multiyear sea ...

Glaciers melting rapidly, fields of moss expanding, water streaming off ice shelves once frozen solid: these are just a few ...

The world’s ice sheets are on course for runaway melting, leading to multiple feet of sea level rise and “catastrophic” migration away from coastlines, even if the world pulls off the miraculous and ...

Researchers are trying to rebuild sea ice above the Arctic Circle so it can reflect the sun’s warming rays, slowing climate ...

Scientists have made a significant discovery which has impacted their understanding of the potential effects climate change.

The Arctic is warming four times faster than any other place on the planet. As sea ice melts, new shipping routes between ...

Researchers led by Professor Erin McClymont, from our Department of Geography, are examining the beautiful Antarctic seabird, the snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea). Their goal is to reconstruct changes in ...

Fossil corals in the Seychelles show sea level rose rapidly in the past, warning that today’s warming could trigger even ...