The Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers, located in the Amundsen Sea sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), are among ...

New satellite records capture how polar ice sheets slide toward the sea, helping scientists better understand ice loss and ...

When we think of global warming, what first comes to mind is the air: crushing heat waves that are felt rather than seen, ...

Researchers analyzing ancient seafloor sediments discovered that West Antarctica's ice sheet has collapsed and regrown ...

The team studied a series of climate forcings to determine the primary factor that is making Antarctica's ice sheets ...

Scientists from the International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 379 showed that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreated ...

When we think of global warming, what first comes to mind is the air: crushing heatwaves that are felt rather than seen, ...

How might we prevent sea-level rise? Satellite-based radar, solar-powered drones, robot submarines and lab-based ‘artificial glaciers’ could all play a role ...

From orbit, much of Greenland appears seamless. A white expanse, unbroken, stretching across the map like a frozen shield.

Melting ice, thawing permafrost and crumbling fjord walls are just a few of the risks climate change poses for those living ...

Glacial earthquakes are rocking the Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica. Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake ...

There's much hiding beneath ice in Greenland and amid the growing diplomatic war of words over the future of the vast Arctic ...