Ancient ocean sediments reveal Antarctica’s ice sheet retreated repeatedly during past warm periods, offering clues to future ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The East Antarctic Ice Sheet is the planet's largest ice sheet. Here, the continent experienced significant ice loss and breakup ...

When we think of global warming, what first comes to mind is the air: crushing heat waves that are felt rather than seen, except through the haziness of humid air. But when it comes to melting ice ...

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

The Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers, located in the Amundsen Sea sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), are among the fastest-melting glaciers on Earth. Together, they are losing ice more ...

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

Using satellite data, scientists examined the changing states of polar ice and drafted velocity maps that revealed a dramatic ...

“If you imagined the Scottish Highlands or the European Alps were covered by ice and the only way to understand their shape ...

Researchers in Antarctica think they might have been missing an essential part of the puzzle when it comes to melting ...

Seven thousand years ago, a major section of Greenland’s ice sheet disappeared entirely. New research confirms it will happen ...

The team used satellite imagery, computer modeling, and an array of different methods to map the ice sheets and glacial flows ...