The ice sheet holds 90% of the freshwater on the planet. Scientists stunned after detecting unexpected shift in Antarctic Ice ...

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are on course for rapid retreat, even collapse, leading to multiple feet of sea level ...

The research by an international team of sea level and polar ice experts suggests that limiting warming to 2.7° Fahrenheit (1 ...

MORE: Antarctic sea ice has reached a record low for the year, researchers say Melting at the interface between ice sheets and the ocean ... allowing dark ocean or land surfaces to absorb more ...

Standing atop of the Greenland ice sheet, it was easy to feel as though the whole world was frozen. The glittering, white expanse stretched as far as I could see in every direction, its windswept ...

It's not looking good for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. This body of ice is Antarctica's largest contributor to global sea-level rise, and it's only going to get worse from here. After running ...

The Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) has shown signs of record-breaking growth after decades of contributing to global sea-level rise — as experts reveal their theories why. A study published in ...

During deglaciation, melting of kilometers-thick ice sheets reduces the mass weighing down the land, which leads to uplift.

An old meme image showing that ice cubes melting in a jug of water do not increase its volume is being shared online to imply that rising sea levels due to climate change are a hoax. However ...

We may need to rethink that old expression "Greenland is ice, Iceland is green." New research published Tuesday says that because of global warming, Greenland’s ice sheet is melting fast – and ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. New research into some of Earth’s largest ice sheets has revealed a startling new ...

Here’s how it works. In an animation that spans tens of thousands of years, an ancient ice sheet grows to envelope land masses that would one day be known as Great Britain and Ireland.