Past ice sheets have retreated rapidly, raising global sea level at rates >1 cm per year, with marine ice sheets collapsing and terrestrial ice sheets retreating in a more gradual fashion.

The potential complete melting of the world’s ice sheets is a significant concern for scientists policymakers and citizens ...

I’m standing at the edge of the Greenland ice sheet, mesmerised by a mind-blowing scene of natural destruction. A milewide section of glacier front has fractured and is collapsing into the ocean, ...

Greenland's ice sheet has been losing a staggering amount of ice at an accelerating rate. A tipping point could come by the ...

For the hundreds of millions of people who live along the world's coasts, the scariest sea-level-rise scenario is the collapse of ice sheets. Sea levels are already rising rapidly, threatening to ...

A new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed.

open image in gallery Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, according to researchers. An influx of freshwater from the ice sheets could have major implications for the ...

The Greenland Ice Sheet is the largest ice mass in the Northern Hemisphere, and it's melting rapidly. Climate change is causing more intense atmospheric rivers, which can deliver intense snowfall ...