"The change of seasons causes surface melting far inland from the coastal ice front," glaciologist Christopher Shuman said.

A widespread, record-breaking melting event occurred across the Antarctic throughout December, and now, photos captured by ...

Satellite data from early 2025 revealed extensive melting at Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf, highlighting its vulnerability. As ...

The world's largest iceberg—a behemoth more than twice the size of London—is drifting toward a remote island where scientists ...

Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf may be under threat due to relatively warm water from the deep sea flowing towards the ...

Antarctica’s ice shelves are rapidly thinning due to warm water flowing beneath them, a process accelerated by decreasing sea ...

The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend. Two kilometers thick on average and covering nearly twice the ...

For over 30 years, the A23a iceberg stayed anchored to the Antarctic Weddell Sea floor before it shrank and lost its grip on the seafloor which turned it into a massive floating fragment of ice. The ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica. | Credit: Data courtesy of Landsat 8 satellite ...

"Warm" water is flowing toward one of Antarctica's biggest ice shelves, which, if it melted, could dramatically raise sea levels. The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf (FRIS) extends over the Weddell Sea in ...

At the margins of the Antarctic ice sheet, glaciers flow into the Southern Ocean, forming floating ice shelves. These ice shelves act as keystones, stabilising the ice sheet. They’re also shrinking.