After 10 days with only the open ocean and the occasional iceberg at our sides, sailing into the sea ice felt like crossing ...

The extent and speed of ice moving off the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica into the sea—an important dynamic for ...

Cracking, creaking ice at the bottom of the world is quietly shaping the future climate you live in. New research from ...

In the past, when West Antarctica melted, there was a rapid uptick in onshore geological activity in the area.

When we think of global warming, what first comes to mind is the air: crushing heat waves that are felt rather than seen, ...

Headlines about melting ice sheets usually focus on what is lost and then move on. What comes next is often overlooked, even ...

Instead, the most prolific period of glacial earthquakes at Thwaites, between 2018 and 2020, coincides with a period of accelerated flow of the glacier’s ice tongue towards the sea. The ice-tongue ...

Oxygen isotopes data enable researchers to look far back into the geologic past and reconstruct the climate of the past. In ...

The sea ice changed completely over the course of a few hours, from disconnected floes to a vast, snow-covered plain.

Understanding what happens to Antarctica’s ice matters, because as it melts, sea levels rise, affecting lives and economies around the world.

Glacial earthquakes are rocking the Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica. Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake ...

There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land ...