Since the new millennium, the world’s glaciers have shed 5 percent of their collective mass, a loss with significant impacts on both global and regional scales. When glaciers melt, sea levels rise, ...

What if the melting glaciers in Antarctica aren't just signs of climate change — but triggers for something much more ...

Scientists are using satellite data to track fractures in Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier - before its collapse triggers major ...

Scientists aren’t too optimistic and have said there’s a 'grim outlook' if the glacier melts, plunging parts of the world underwater and affecting millions of people.

The most alarming case may be West Antarctica, where more than 100 active volcanoes lie buried beneath the ice. One glacier ...

Hundreds of dormant volcanoes across the globe—particularly in Antarctica—could become more active thanks to climate change.

Learn more about the connection between melting glaciers and volcanic eruptions, a volatile relationship that has existed since the last Ice Age.

Ancient river landscapes buried beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet have been uncovered by radar, revealing vast, flat surfaces formed over 80 million years ago before Antarctica froze. These hidden ...

As glaciers melt around the world, ... Aug. 18, 2021 — Ice losses from Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica are currently responsible for roughly four percent of the global sea-level rise.

Scientists mapped 332 submarine canyons under Antarctica, revealing how they shape ocean flow, ice melt, and global sea level ...

Glaciers are some of the most amazing parts of nature. These thick, slow-moving sheets of ice may seem quiet, but they’re ...

As Earth's climate warms, more ice is melting near the poles. And that is a huge driver of sea level rise around the globe. But some coastal communities are threatened by this more than others ...