A total collapse of the roughly 80-mile-wide Thwaites Glacier, the widest in the world, would trigger changes that could lead ...

In 2022, an international team of scientists sent a 20-foot-long autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) named “Ran” to traverse ...

An iceberg broke off of the Antarctic ice sheet, and as scientists studied the deep ocean where the ice once was, they found ...

New research has, for the first time, tracked ice shelf, sea ice and ocean swell wave conditions over multiple years in the ...

Old Antarctic photos help University of Copenhagen scientists trace ice shelf collapse and predict future sea level rise.

A 1550 square km (963 sq mi.) iceberg, designated A81 broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. A time-lapse of the 'calving ...

Greenland’s floating ice platforms — which hold back trillions of tons of ice that could cause sea level rise — are in stark decline, according to a new study.

Nearly half of Antarctica's ice shelves have reduced in volume in the past 25 years, according to a study published Thursday.

Antarctica's coastal glaciers are shedding icebergs more rapidly than nature can replenish the crumbling ice.

What Is Happening to Ice Shelves? Ice shelves have always melted, but in an era of warming polar environments, it’s now happening at a faster rate. Most melting happens where the ice meets the ocean ...

A diagram from a scientific study illustrating where Antarctic ice shelves have grown or receded over a decade is being shared on social media as evidence that Antarctica’s overall ice mass is ...

The frigid cold in Northwest Indiana has formed beautiful but unstable shelf ice along the Lake Michigan shoreline over the last few weeks.