Antarctica news headlines

A report warns "profoundly distressing scenes of suffering" will unfold as records tumble.

The region is home to the so-called "doomsday glacier". The author of the study said "It appears that we may have lost control."

Australia's Antarctic explorers often say your first expedition is for the excitement, your second trip is for the money. The third time you go? You must be crazy.

This could be what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object.

Scientists are concerned the dramatic drop means the vast continent could be starting to heat the ocean.

The expeditioner at Casey research station has a developing medical condition and needs care in Australia, the Australian Antarctic Division said in a statement.

The icebreaker RSV Nuyina is heading towards a research station.

The howling winds and perpetual darkness of the Antarctic winter were easing to a frozen spring when mechanic Liz Monahon at McMurdo Station grabbed a hammer.

Researchers said it is likely that no chicks survived in four of the five breeding colonies they examined.

The mercury will plummet as a strong cold front sweeps across the state during the next two days.

Much about the tiny species remains a mystery, but scientists are one step closer to solving the little "enigmas".

Phenomenon described by some scientists as off-the-charts exceptional – something so rare, the odds are it happens once in millions of years.

A vital system of ocean currents could soon collapse – an event that would be catastrophic for global weather.

Australian regional airline Rex is aiming for a surprise new gig helping some of our country's top scientists carry out research in snowbound Antarctica.

A major glacier in northwest Greenland is interacting with the ocean tides, scientists reported on Monday, resulting in previously unaccounted-for melting and potentially faster sea level rise.

The world's ice sheets are melting at a frighteningly rapid pace, and there's an obvious cause.

A concerning find has been made in an environment believed to be one of the most pristine on earth.

Just one month into the extreme season, Matthew photographed an "extra special" phenomenon. But it wasn't for the faint-hearted as the temperature plummeted.

This mirrors a scenario posed by the 2004 sci-fi film, The Day after Tomorrow. So what would it really mean for humanity?

Melting ice in the Antarctic is not just raising sea levels but slowing down the circulation of deep ocean water with vast implications for the global climate and for marine life, a new study warns.

An Australia location has made the ultimate list of the top 10 most remote and beautiful places in the world.

Antarctic sea ice has reached record low levels for the second time in two years, with some scientists alarmed that dramatic drops are a signal the climate crisis may now be more clearly influencing this vast, complex and isolated region.

Photos of early twentieth century British and Australian Antarctic expeditions have been digitised by The National Archives of Australia. The images show the brutal but awe-inspiring landscapes of the frozen continent and the men who explored it.

The iceberg is around 1550 square kilometers, but scientists have made a surprising call about the event.

It was only a matter of time before human-caused climate change and pollution reached even the most isolated continent on the planet.

One passenger was killed and four injured when a "rogue wave" hit their cruise ship during a storm

Ernest Shackleton's vessel Endurance was at the centre of an epic survival feat.

Thousands of kilometres away from Australia, past New Zealand and tucked away between Antarctica and South America lies a graveyard - but you won't find any human remains there.

Antarctica's "doomsday glacier" could rapidly retreat in the coming years, amplifying concerns over an extreme sea level rise

Today marks the official midpoint of the year, known as the winter solstice.

A massive Antarctic glacier nearly the size of Great Britain is melting faster than it has in the past 5500 years, a new study has found.

Researchers were left "jumping up and down" after finding a hidden ecosystem deep under the Antarctic ice.

Hidden deep below the ice sheet that covers Antarctica, scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery.

Queensland tourism support, Antarctica research and leadership, and flood recovery are the environmental biggest focuses in this year’s Federal Budget.

Scientists were shocked this month when a research station in Antarctica reported extraordinarily warm weather.

The collapse has shocked scientists as East Antarctica is one of the highest, coldest and driest places in the world.

Scientists say they have found the sunken wreck of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance, more than a century after it was lost to the Antarctic ice.

Australia's strategic claims in the Antarctic will be bolstered by a new $800 million program.

An extreme event is unfolding in Antarctica as sea ice levels plunge to unprecedented lows.

Antarctica's so-called Doomsday Glacier is thwarting an international effort to figure out how vulnerable it is.

A treasure trove from outer-space could be locked deep under the ice in Antarctica.

An Australian research vessel has made a startling discovery in the Southern Ocean, 2200 metres beneath the surface.

Scientists confirmed the four billion-year-old meteorite contains no evidence of ancient, primitive Martian life.

The Florida-sized glacier has gotten the nickname the “doomsday glacier” because of how much ice it has and how much seas could rise if it all melts.

The glacier, which equals the size of Florida or Great Britain, already accounts for about 4 per cent of annual global sea level rise.

Scientists are warning one of the largest glaciers in Antarctica could shatter in the next five to 10 years

The Morrison Government has decided to not proceed with a decision to build a 2700m concrete runway at Australia's Davis research station in Antarctica.

For the entire Antarctic continent, the winter of 2021 was the second-coldest on record, with the "temperature for June, July, and August 3.4C lower than the 1981 to 2010 average at -62.9C", according to a new report

A record-breaking Qantas flight has touched down in Australia, after 17 hours and 25 minutes in the air.

Australia's ambitious scientific mission to retrieve an Antarctic ice core dating back more than a million years is a step closer, with the unveiling of a new 400-kilogram drill capable of pulling samples from almost three-kilometres under the ice cap.