Antarctic sea ice extent was higher on Dec. 24, 2024, than on that day in 1979, according to the agency's Charctic Interactive Sea Ice Graph ... climate change, researchers haven't just studied one ...

Antarctica, however, was more or less out of reach. No more. Climate change has become our species’ great destructive equalizer, leaving no part of the planet safe from the harm we do.

However, this is not unique to the U.S., as climate change has been altering the landscapes of every continent, including the most remote one, Antarctica. While the desolation of Antarctica's ...