Headlines about melting ice sheets usually focus on what is lost and then move on. What comes next is often overlooked, even ...

A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s ...

Like all glaciers, Thwaites is made of solid ice, but as gravity pulls it toward sea level, it moves like a thick, heavy ...

Antarctica is breaking apart in two very different directions. While West Antarctica hemorrhages ice into warming seas at an ...

Recent research has led scientists to new conclusions about the fastest melting glacier in Antarctica. Some are reassuring, ...

Some call it the ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ a vast expanse of Antarctic ice roughly the size of Florida. As temperatures rise, the ...

A recent study reveals that hidden cracks and a failing seabed anchor are gradually pushing Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, also known as the 'Doomsday Glacier', towards collapse.

A ship carrying nearly 40 scientists from across the globe is now heading straight to the "Doomsday Glacier" in Antarctica.

President Donald Trump is driving climate researchers literally to the ends of the Earth as they try to save their ...

It is no strange sight to see icebergs break off of the Antarctic ice cap and drift away, like the gigantic sheet of ice that is currently heading for the island of South Georgia. But climate change ...

Antarctica is warming faster than most places on Earth, causing surface melt. Melt water below the continent's thick ice sheets lubricates their movement toward the ocean. A new study backs up the ...