The Greenland ice sheet is the second largest body of ice on Earth and has been losing mass at an accelerating rate in the ...

Much of this uncertainty is because the ocean processes that control the fate of the sheet occur on an incredibly small scale ...

Maps created by combining different models of glaciers and ice sheets reveal the way water is flowing deep beneath Antarctica ...

Here, the Patagonian ice sheet grew to 1,600m thick on top of the Southern Volcanic Zone ... In particular, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is grounded below sea level, so as sea level rises due ...

Surface melting for the Antarctic ice sheet appears to have set a record for the 46-year satellite observation period on January 2, 2025. All areas of the Antarctic coast that generally see ...

1 of 2 NASA image of blue meltwater pools on the Amery Ice Sheet in Antarctica on January 1. These pools may weaken the ice shelf if the water leaks through fissures into the ice. NASA Earth ...

This threat exists several kilometers below the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which is highly susceptible to the impacts of climate change. Researchers from Brown University conducted 4,000 computer ...

More than 100 volcanoes lie beneath the surface of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which is 'particularly vulnerable to collapse, yet its position atop an active volcanic rift is seldom considered ...

when an iceberg roughly the size of Delaware broke off the Antarctic ice sheet. A once in a century eventcould produce an iceberg about 45,000 square kilometers, slightly larger than the entire co ...

Iceberg A23a is massive, slightly smaller than Long Island. It is drifting slowly towards South Georgia Island and if it ...

Experts warn that sea levels could rise by seven metres and cause mass destruction if the ice sheet was to melt ...