The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are highly vulnerable to global warming and scientists are being increasingly worried ...

An analysis of the expansion of cracks in the Thwaites Glacier over the past 20 years suggests that a total collapse could be ...

This story was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center. This story was made possible through the assistance of the U.S. National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs. Inside a tent ...

It is one of the largest ice masses on Earth, covering an area of roughly 760,000 square miles. But the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is on the verge of a 'catastrophic' collapse, scientists have warned.

New research reveals how ocean warming triggered the large-scale retreat of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream ...

Antarctica is warming roughly twice as fast as the rest of the planet, putting its vast ice sheets, surrounding oceans, and ...

The glacier's collapse could severely impact coastal cities worldwide due to rising sea levels. Scientists have recently ...

Pavillion Gardens park in Buxton, northern England. The collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could make weather in the UK and Europe more extreme. (Getty Images) Scientists have ...

The sea level rise and the colossal amounts of meltwater discharged from the collapsing ice sheet meant that areas that previously were land eventually became seabed. Britain and Ireland, which had ...

Inès Otosaka receives funding from the European Space Agency and the UK Natural Environment Research Council. The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are highly vulnerable to global warming and ...

The researchers found that when an ice stream’s grounding line (where ice lifts off from its bed and begins to float), is ...