The Greenland Ice Sheet is cracking open at an accelerating pace, with crevasses growing larger and deeper due to the effects of climate change. A new study using high-resolution 3D mapping has reveal ...

Pine Island Glacier, one of the fastest-shrinking glaciers in Antarctica, hastened its slide into the sea between 2017 and 2020, when one-fifth of its associated ice shelf broke off as massive ...

Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...

The gushing spout of warm water could rapidly melt the Antarctic ice shelf and lead to rising sea levels sooner than we think.

Surface melting for the Antarctic ice sheet appears to have set a record for the 46-year satellite observation period on January 2, 2025. All areas of the Antarctic coast that generally see ...

An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic ...

Refreezing of melting snow and ice Saturday night will lead to a likelihood of black ice, according to a special weather statement from the National Weather Service (NWS) in Raleigh. "Temperatures ...

The Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica, one of the largest and most vital ice formations, is experiencing rapid melting, with ...

The world’s largest iceberg - roughly the size of Cornwall - is about to crash into a remote British island, putting the ...

Beneath Antarctica's ice, an unsuspected danger looms. Global warming could awaken dormant volcanoes, triggering a chain reaction with unpredictable consequences. This recent discovery sheds light on ...

Thompson said the ice shelves act “like dams by holding back the flow of ice from the Antarctic continent into ... climate change and the environment. Sign up for our fortnightly Environment ...