The change has been so extreme that vast areas of ice equivalent to the size of Greenland have melted, experts say ...

For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the ...

Antarctica is being ravaged by a triple-whammy of climate chaos that has melted sea ice to record lows, a new study has ...

Between 2002 and 2020, Antarctica lost roughly 149 billion metric tonnes of ice each year, according to NASA. View on ...

For decades, it seemed Antarctica might be insulated from rapid ice melting, but then sea ice began to decline dramatically.

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As the national treasure marks his centenary, we look back on the classic documentaries that cemented his reputation ...

Ancient microbes emerge: Melting permafrost has revealed viruses and bacteria, some thousands of years old, though most are unlikely to infect humans. Past outbreaks remembered: A 2016 Siberian ...

Leading BBC Earth series like Planet Earth and Frozen Planet, Sir David has been vocal about the impact of climate change on ...

She’s 28 now—it’s been more than a decade since she wrote I Am Malala, about speaking out against the Taliban as a teenager ...

The four-foot-tall Emperor penguin of Antarctica may be the most iconic member of this unique family of birds, but 17 other ...