About 9,000 years ago, part of Antarctica’s eastern ice sheet collapsed astonishingly fast, driven by warmer ocean water. The ...

Antarctica faces abrupt, irreversible climate changes as warming nears 1.5 °C, threatening ice, oceans, ecosystems, and ...

A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s future as the climate warms.

Though ice sheet melting is widely talked of and debated, there is limited knowledge about what happens after the period of ...

Thwaites, the most studied glacier in the world, commands attention because it is not only the widest in the world at 80 miles but also the shakiest. And ...

The consequences will be catastrophic. For the Antarctic ice sheet to melt almost completely, a rise in average global ...

Interest in travel to the Arctic region has been so high that Svalbard introduced a passenger limit on cruise ships at the ...

The top of the mountain is coming down. Five different U.S. mountains, including Mount Rainier, are experiencing ice loss at ...

Antarctica, one of the most remote places on Earth, teems with life. For tourists who make it this far south, the experience ...

A team of researchers has pinpointed the communities that are likely to be the most affected by sea-level rise.

New findings about ocean processes in the Antarctic show melting ice shelves and changes to sea ice could have catastrophic ...

The warning lights from the cryosphere have been flashing red for several years and governments and policymakers ignore this ...