An analysis of the expansion of cracks in the Thwaites Glacier over the past 20 years suggests that a total collapse could be ...

Scientists have discovered that the Antarctic ice sheet witnessed a rapid collapse thousands of years ago. This was also ...

New research shows that warm ocean currents triggered a rapid collapse of part of East Antarctica’s ice sheet 9,000 years ago, offering clues about future sea level rise.

Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica is changing more quickly than almost any other ice-ocean system on the planet. Scientists ...

A drone that went on an unexpected journey through Antarctic ice sheets has been saved by scientists, bringing with it never ...

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are highly vulnerable to global warming and scientists are being increasingly worried about the possibility of large parts of the ice sheets collapsing, if ...

Inès Otosaka receives funding from the European Space Agency and the UK Natural Environment Research Council. The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are highly vulnerable to global warming and ...

As the oceans warm, their capacity to melt ice shelves and glaciers increases. Scientists rely on a network of oceanic sensors to gather data on how global temperature is changing, and how it will ...

New research reveals how ocean warming triggered the large-scale retreat of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream ...

Thwaites Glacier is the widest glacier on Earth and a crucial component of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which is already experiencing significant ice loss. Much of this glacier rests on bedrock below ...

The Thwaites Glacier, located in West Antarctica and popularly nicknamed the “Doomsday Glacier,” holds enough ice to raise ...