Scientists warn that the Greenland Ice Sheet is breaking up faster thanks to climate change, potentially triggering a 'domino ...

Beneath Antarctica's ice, an unsuspected danger looms. Global warming could awaken dormant volcanoes, triggering a chain reaction with unpredictable consequences. This recent discovery sheds light on ...

University of Tasmania provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend. Two kilometres thick on average and covering nearly twice ...

Why Trust Us? The West Antarctic Rift System is home to over 130 volcanoes, many of which are locked away under thick layers of ice. A new study shows that glacial retreat coupled with isostatic ...

The core was by an international team of scientists collected as part of the Beyond EPICA (European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica) Oldest-Ice project. It came from the area of the Antarctic ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica. | Credit: Data courtesy of Landsat 8 satellite ...

They announced on Wednesday that parts of the oldest ice from the Antarctic to date will arrive in Switzerland. The 2.8-kilometre-long ice core holds climate data dating back over 1.2 million years.

Ancient ice core extracted from Antarctica's Little Dome C site 1.2-million-year-old air bubbles may reveal past climate shifts Ice core study could explain climate's impact on human evolution ...

Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf may be under threat due to relatively warm water from the deep sea flowing towards the shelf. Is climate change to blame? When you purchase through links on ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. "Warm" water is flowing toward one of Antarctica's biggest ice shelves, which, if it melted, ...

Scientists in Antarctica have dug out what's believed to be the world's oldest ice. It was extracted from deep underground and is thought to be around 1.2 million years old. The ice contains ...

A colossal ice core sample drilled in Antarctica may contain the oldest, unbroken timeline of Earth's climate, stretching back more than a million years. Laid horizontally, the entire ice core's 2,800 ...