Scientists aim to bore half a mile through the ice and place instruments in the warming ocean waters below, giving the world ...

Researchers studied the cracks in the shear zone over the span of two decades. They discovered that the fracturing happened in two phases. According to the study, long shear fractures would expand, ...

A technology called synthetic aperture radar (SAR) clears these hurdles by beaming out energy pulses and measuring the amount ...

Part of Pine Island Glacier collapsed several years ago, forming an unstable inlet where no ship had sailed. Until now.

Scientists are worried about the melting of Antarctica's ice sheets and what it could mean for sea levels. There's a ...

Scientists discovered more than 360 hidden earthquakes shaking Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier between 2010 and 2023. Australian National University researcher Thanh-Son Pham and his team found these ...

In Alaska’s capital, a retreating glacier has turned from postcard backdrop into a recurring threat, sending sudden torrents ...

There's evidence trapped in ancient ice that during warm periods millions of years ago, the ice-free Southern Ocean responded ...

Do you know which glacier is the source of the Indus River? Explore its journey from high mountains to the sea. Let’s uncover ...

CNN — Antarctica's so-called "doomsday glacier" -- nicknamed because of its high risk of collapse and threat to global sea level -- has the potential to rapidly retreat in the coming years, scientists ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University’s Neal Iverson and an international team of researchers are working to help quantify the single biggest uncertainty in predicting how much glaciers will contribute ...

Far, far away from the presumably toasty place you're reading this, on the Walgreen Coast of Antarctica, there's a massive chunk of ice known as the Thwaites Glacier. It's the widest glacier in the ...