"Unexpected changes being observed in East Antarctica." Scientists observe concerning 'unexpected changes' in Antarctic ice ...

An international team of researchers has shown that countless tiny ice quakes take place in one of Greenland's mightiest ice streams. This finding will allow the flowing of the ice sheet and ...

A, the world’s oldest and largest (about the size of Rhode Island), may hit South Georgia Island, home to vulnerable penguins and seabirds.

Mount Vinson, Antarctica Climbers enjoy great success on Mount Vinson this season. The Antarctic summer runs from November ...

Pine Island Glacier, one of the fastest-shrinking glaciers in Antarctica, hastened its slide into the sea between 2017 and ...

Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...

Surface melting for the Antarctic ice sheet appears to have set a record for the 46-year satellite observation period on January 2, 2025. All areas of the Antarctic coast that generally see ...

An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic ...

The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...

While warming temperatures are driving a widespread loss of ice shelves, major calving events have not increased in frequency ...

Measuring roughly 1,350 square miles (3,500 square kilometers) across, A23a is the world's largest and oldest iceberg ...

The trillion-ton slab of ice that scientists call a "megaburg" broke off from the Antarctic’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986.