The ocean end of the Thwaites Glacier is being hit by various earthquakes, which can increase the sea levels rapidly if the ice collapses.

After working and camping for a week on Thwaites Glacier, scientists were ready to start drilling into the ice, if only the weather would let them.

Researchers studied the cracks in the shear zone over the span of two decades. They discovered that the fracturing happened in two phases. According to the study, long shear fractures would expand, ...

(CNN) — An Antarctic glacier shrunk by nearly 50% in just two months, the fastest retreat recorded in modern history, according to a new study — and the way it retreated could have big implications ...

A quiet region at the eastern Antarctic Peninsula carries a narrative that can seem unnervingly personal if you have witnessed something in your life collapse faster than you were prepared for. In ...

There's evidence trapped in ancient ice that during warm periods millions of years ago, the ice-free Southern Ocean responded by absorbing more carbon. "That ice going allows that new life to come and ...

Far below the polar night, Antarctica’s most feared ice giant is shuddering. Seismic sensors are picking up a surge of tiny earthquakes as icebergs crack, pivot and slam back into the sea along the ...

Scientists from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Scripps Polar Center are at the bottom of the ...

Satellite video shows the ice shelf holding the Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica back from the sea is breaking up much faster than before. A study Friday shows the ice shelf has shrunk by one-fifth ...