The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is in a vulnerable position, but the situation may be less dire than initially believed. Scientists have been eyeing the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, or WAIS, for some ...
There are several dormant volcanoes under Antarctica's ice sheet that may unleash their fury when reckless human behavior continues.
Past ice sheets have retreated rapidly, raising global sea level at rates >1 cm per year, with marine ice sheets collapsing and terrestrial ice sheets retreating in a more gradual fashion.