A team at the University of Colorado Boulder identified a process that caused a glacier in Antarctica to retreat faster than ...
The uniquely vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 meters. But when that ...
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has joined forces with the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) and Germany's Alfred Wegener ...
Let's discover this year's Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition winners and explore the story and subject of the ...
Our ocean float spent years adrift in the Antarctic ocean and beneath massive ice shelves. What it found will help us ...
While researching a separate topic, Naomi Ochwat noticed that a glacier in Antarctica had shrunk by 50%. What she learned was ...
Weathered rocks sitting above the ice hold iron concentrations up to ten times higher than earlier reports from elsewhere in ...
The speed at which glaciers move changes predictably each year, according to the first-ever global map of how glacier and ice sheet speeds vary with the seasons. Knowing this yearly rhythm could help ...
Two decades of satellite and GPS data show the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf slowly losing its grip on a crucial stabilizing ...
If your family wants a gentle introduction to Antarctic wildlife, the South Shetland Islands are the perfect first stop. With ...
Warmer air makes glaciers speed up more and reach peak speed earlier each year, showing temperature strongly controls how ice moves.