Antarctica’s massive Thwaites Glacier is melting more slowly than previously thought but also may be more susceptible to even small amounts of ice loss By Chelsea Harvey & E&E News Thwaites Glacier.

The curious minds at What If examine the global destruction that could unfold if Antarctica's ice were to melt completely.

The ice in East Antarctica is thick - more than a mile thick on average - but it rests on high ground and only creeps sluggishly to the sea. Some of it has been around for millions of years ...

Antarctica’s melting ice is more than a climate crisis—it’s a geologic awakening. ... Archaeologists find 'oldest section' of Great Wall of China that's nearly 3,000 years old.

WOODS HOLE, Mass., Oct. 12 (UPI) --In a new study on the future of sea level rise, researchers looked specifically at the mechanisms that control surface melting on Antarctica's ice shelves. Their ...

Melting Antarctic glaciers that are large enough to raise worldwide sea level by more than a meter are dropping a Mount Everest's worth of ice into the sea every two years, according to a study ...

Princeton's Michael Wolovick and John Moore, from the Beijing Normal University, say an artificial wall to stop warm water getting to Antarctica's glaciers would prevent further melting. This wall ...

If the sheets of ice sitting atop Antarctica and Greenland were to collapse, the rates of sea-level rise could skyrocket, destroying trillions of dollars' worth of property and infrastructure. To ...

The ice that hangs off the edge of Antarctica and floats on the ocean is melting faster than it is being replenished, even in pockets of East Antarctica typically thought to be less vulnerable to ...

Land of Melting Ice. Antarctica sits isolated at the bottom of the world, ... capped with a plateau of ice—forming a wall that usually diverts the circumpolar winds northward around it.

The Antarctic ice shelves – the portions of a glacier that extend into the ocean and float on the water, rather than resting on land – are melting faster than they can be replenished ...

The ice in East Antarctica is thick - more than a mile thick on average - but it rests on high ground and only creeps sluggishly to the sea. Some of it has been around for millions of years ...