Social media posts sharing a graphic comparing sea ice levels in the Antarctic on the same date 45 years apart misrepresent ...

While sea levels are certain to rise this century ... "How does the ocean melt Antarctic ice shelves?" Computer simulations of ocean processes aren't new. But only recently have simulations ...

The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...

Maps created by combining different models of glaciers and ice sheets reveal the way water is flowing deep beneath Antarctica ...

As the ice melts, the pressure in the magma chambers eases and the compressed magma can expand, leading to eruptions. Anatarctica has 140 hidden volcanoes.

This melting comes despite Antarctica ... slowing the flow of glaciers into the sea, and playing a crucial role in stabilizing the Antarctic Ice Sheet. The pale blue meltwater pools seen on ...

While sea levels are certain to rise this century ... "How does the ocean melt Antarctic ice shelves?" Computer simulations of ocean processes aren't new. But only recently have simulations ...

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

The melting of a massive ice shelf like FRIS would ultimately ... continental shelf that rings the coast of Antarctica in the Weddell Sea. However, in the summer, warmer water comes up onto ...

In recent years, it has become painfully evident that Earth is losing ice. Greenland's ice is shrinking, at a rate of 270 billion tons per year. And Antarctica is losing its ice, too, at a rate of ...

Scientists say glacier engineering could be a potential stopgap as the Earth passes a critical climate milestone. Others aren’t as convinced ...

“Atmospheric rivers” are bringing rain to the frozen slopes of the West Antarctic ice sheet, hitting the ice shelves that ...