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Antarctica's last six months were the coldest on record, according to a new report from the U.S.'s National Snow and Ice Data Center.

In a year of extreme heat, Antarctica's last six months were the coldest on record - with an average temperature of -60.9 degrees Celsius (-77.6 degrees Fahrenheit). CNN's Allison Chinchar reports.

For the entire Antarctic continent, the winter of 2021 was the second-coldest on record, with the "temperat...

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By Mike Lucibella April 21, 2021 Antarctica’s massive Thwaites Glacier is melting because of climate change, and a collapse of the glacier could raise sea levels significantly around the world. To glaciologists, it’s “the glacier of greatest concern” and the focus of the largest-ever joint U.S.-U.K. Antarctic field research program - the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration. The U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.K. Natural Environment Research Council have teamed up to send scientists to the remote region by land, sea and air to study every aspect of the glacier ...