"The change of seasons causes surface melting far inland from the coastal ice front," glaciologist Christopher Shuman said.

Satellite data from early 2025 revealed extensive melting at Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf, highlighting its vulnerability. As ...

Researchers from Brown University conducted 4,000 computer simulations to examine how ice sheet loss influences Antarctica's ...

A widespread, record-breaking melting event occurred across the Antarctic throughout December, and now, photos captured by NASA show turquoise colored pools of water appearing along one of the ...

Like the glaciers that feed them, ice shelves are immense. Yet the ocean processes that control basal melting, and the fate ...

The West Antarctic Rift System is home to more than 130 volcanoes, and the region’s receding ice sheet could slowly wake them ...

Melting ice sheets are often considered synonymous with climate change in the media, with evocative images of lone polar ...

Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf may be under threat due to relatively warm water from the deep sea flowing towards the ...

Like the glaciers that feed them, ice shelves are immense. Yet the ocean processes that control basal melting, and the fate of the entire Antarctic ice sheet, occur on the scale of millimeters.

A team of Australian scientists are at the forefront of a groundbreaking mission to solve one of the planet's most pressing mysteries: why a critical glacier in Antarctica is melting faster than ...

The melting of Antarctic ice sheets could be leading to more intense volcanic eruptions, with significant implications for ...