With an ice sheet second only to Antarctica’s in size ... The ice is constantly moving outward to outlying glaciers, such as Sermeq Kujalleq (also known as Illulissat Icefjord and Jakobshavn ...

Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have discovered microplastics in the snow near some of Antarctica's deep ... three field camps at the Union Glacier and the Schanz Glacier ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Why is a remote glacier in Antarctica that contains enough water to raise global sea levels by 1.5 metres melting twice as fast on ...

FRIS is protected by thick ice and near-freezing seawater flowing over the underwater continental shelf that rings the coast of Antarctica in the Weddell Sea. However, in the summer, warmer water ...

Pío XI Glacier, the Southern Hemisphere's largest outside Antarctica "Pio XI—or the Brüggen Glacier—is the longest glacier in the southern hemisphere outside of Antarctica, and it is truly ...

It's part of a broader research campaign to better understand changes to the nearby Denman Glacier — the fastest-melting glacier in East Antarctica. The deep field campsite at Bunger Hills ...

compared to the glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica, which have existed for several million years. What exactly is the definition of a glacier? – A glacier is formed when the snow that has existed ...

The group first traveled to Chile before catching a flight on Dec. 14 to Antarctica’s Union Glacier Base Camp. There, they set up cameras and satellite communication so they could record ...

A satellite orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth recently captured rare images of an atmospheric phenomenon that makes Antarctica glaciers appear to be smoking. The wisps of "sea smoke" blowing ...

Crevasses are wedge-shaped fractures and cracks that open in glaciers where the ice begins to flow faster. They can grow to more than 300 feet wide, thousands of feet long and hundreds of feet deep.