Berry Glacier, a tributary of the Getz Ice Shelf in West Antarctica, has deteriorated dramatically in the past three decades, ...

Antarctica's Hektoria Glacier has just set a new and troubling record: in late 2022, it retreated at a pace never before seen ...

Cosmic dust can tell scientists about how ice covered Earth during the last ice age. This dust is leftover debris from ...

A recent study has unearthed evidence of a 9,000-year-old ice melt in Antarctica, shedding light on the alarming speed at ...

This study gives important information that helps predict how Antarctica’s ice sheets might change in the future.

Around 9,000 years ago, East Antarctica went through a dramatic meltdown that was anything but isolated. Scientists have discovered that warm deep ocean water surged beneath the region’s floating ice ...

With the pace of climate change speeding up, extreme weather and other impacts are taking an increasing toll on populations and environments across the globe. Here are some of the developments this ye ...

Warm deep water driven by ancient meltwater feedbacks caused rapid ice-shelf collapse in East Antarctica 9,000 years ago. The ...

Around 9,000 years ago, at the time when the regional sea level reached its peak, warm deep water flowed into the area, leading to the collapse of the ice shelf. As a result, ice discharge accelerated ...

A study has revealed that the substantial retreat of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) approximately 9,000 years ago was ...

Earth may be on the verge of crossing several climate change tipping points that could have irreversible and devastating ...

A quiet region at the eastern Antarctic Peninsula carries a narrative that can seem unnervingly personal if you have ...