Antarctica’s most threatened glacier is about to be further destabilised, as the floating ice shelf in front of Thwaites glacier is set to break away. “Its final demise could happen suddenly, and to ...

Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier lost roughly 25 kilometers of grounded ice between January 2022 and March 2023, setting the ...

Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier collapsed with shocking speed, retreating 15 miles in only 15 months and setting a modern record for grounded ice loss. Scientists say warming conditions and ocean-driven ...

The fates of coastal cities worldwide, from New York to Manila, depend on a vast but little-understood Antarctic glacier that is losing ice alarmingly quickly. Now, extensive research efforts in the ...

Fragments of ice splintered from a glacier float down an Antarctic lake in a photo captured from aboard the International Space Station. In a new photograph snapped by astronauts on the International ...

The Southern Patagonian Icefield is the largest expanse of ice in the Southern Hemisphere outside Antarctica. The mass of glacial ice extends hundreds of kilometers along the spine of the Andes, ...

Hidden rock glaciers in Wyoming are resisting climate warming and could help sustain cold mountain streams for decades to ...

A growing network of meltwater lakes at the edge of the Greenland ice sheet is accelerating the flow of major glaciers, potentially increasing the pace of global sea-level rise. Warmer air and sea ...