Eruptions of subglacial volcanoes may not be visible on the surface, but they can have consequences for the ice sheet. Heat ...

Researchers are divided on the Thwaites Glacier's stability, with new studies highlighting both its increased vulnerability ...

The Antarctic ice sheet has experienced periods of sudden melting, according to a new climate record from over 20 million years ago. This research demonstrates how sensitive the planet’s early ...

The collapse of a major Antarctic ice sheet will not raise global sea levels as much as previous projections suggest, a team of scientists has calculated. Writing in Science, the researchers said ...

Turquet’s octopus, which is widespread around Antarctica, has a lot to tell scientists about West Antarctica's imminent ice ...

Melt events on both sides of the Antarctic Peninsula and along the Dronning Maud coastal ice shelves between December 15 and 19 combined to produce an early-season record melt extent of just below ...

Periods of sudden melting in the Antarctic ice sheet have been unearthed in a new climate record from over 20 million years ago by geoscientists led by the University of Leicester and the ...

Scientists in the Arctic and Antarctica say humans are triggering climate change, warning that shrinking glaciers and icecaps ...

It reveals that the early Antarctic ice sheet melted more rapidly than previously thought. Periods of sudden melting in the Antarctic ice sheet have been unearthed in a new climate record from ...

Antarctic ice sheets melted rapidly 20 million years ago due to orbital changes. Researchers warn modern emissions could trigger similar instability, urging climate action. Geoscientists led by the Un ...

Periods of sudden melting in the Antarctic ice sheet have been unearthed in a new climate record from over 20 million years ago by geoscientists led by the University of Leicester and the University ...

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet's collapse threatens a 16-foot sea-level rise. Scientists drill under the Ross Ice Shelf to ...