Antarctica and Greenland's shrinking ice sheets: an animated view New evidence shows rapid ice loss on massive glaciers CBC News Last Updated: Nov. 29, 2012 ...

Posted: April 10, 2025 | Last updated: April 10, 2025 Antarctic sea ice typically reaches its minimum in February and reaches its maximum extent in September, after the Southern Hemisphere’s winter.

The Antarctic ice sheet, which covers 98% of the continent, averages around 1.2 miles in thickness, with its thickest point reaching nearly 3 miles, the Australian Antarctic Program reports.

Monthly mean sea ice concentrations around Antarctica in 2023. The average sea ice edge for each month in the 1991–2020 reference period is shown by dashed magenta line (C3S/ECMWF/EUMETSAT) ...

Satellites can easily estimate the horizontal extent of sea ice, but determining the type of ice is far more difficult. Our deeper analysis of satellite images reveals landfast sea ice extent ...

The rapid retreat of sea ice in Antarctica can be explained by the "simple physics" of the sun's melting powers, according to a new study. Heat from the sun could explain why ice around the South ...

Record-breaking low levels of sea ice around Antarctica in 2023 may have been influenced by climate change, scientists have said. Researchers at the the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) analysed ...