Coastal cities from Miami to Mumbai sit on land that would vanish beneath the ocean if Earth’s two largest ice sheets, ...

West Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" is on the brink of losing its ice shelf, further compromising the already melting ice ...

Scientists have identified a hidden climate tipping point that changed how Antarctica's ice sheet responds to warming.

Antarctica is well-known as the Earth’s most extreme outpost — it’s freezing, lonely, and mysterious. In winter, temperatures plunge even below -80°C. Months can pass without sunlight, and some ...

Researchers have warned that the Thwaites Glacier, one of the largest glaciers in the world, is about to lose its eastern ice ...

Nearly 90 percent of Antarctica is buried under ice that averages about 1.3 miles or 2.2 kilometers thick. In some areas, the ice stacks up to nearly 3 miles or 4.8 kilometers deep. For years, ...

Deep under the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, scientists have mapped a landscape that has never been exposed to sunlight. Using ...

Scientists have found a massive fan-shaped structure buried beneath East Antarctica, connecting some of the continent’s most ...

Scientists have finally identified the ‘triple whammy’ behind Antarctica’s dramatic collapse, shedding new light on the chain reaction that has pushed its sea ice to record lows. A new study found ...