University of California, Davis professor Eric Rignot just published more data he asserts support the notion that the Thwaites ice shelf is in imminent danger of self-destruction. He further ...

The Thwaites Glacier is roughly the size of Florida and is located in West Antarctica. Part of what holds it in place is an ice shelf that juts out onto the surface of the ocean. The shelf acts ...

The research, published in two studies Wednesday in the journal Nature, concludes that Thwaites' retreat appears to be driven by different processes beneath its floating ice shelf – which holds ...

The findings will help assess the threat it and other ice shelves pose for long-term sea-level rise. The researchers said that overall melting of the underside of part of the Thwaites shelf in ...

A robot lowered through the ice reveals how the Thwaites shelf is melting, which will help forecast its effect on global sea level. The Icefin robot is lowered by cable into the ocean below the ...

If Thwaites's ice shelf were to collapse, it would expose a very tall ice cliff facing the ocean along its 75-mile (120-kilometer) front. There is only so much force that ice can sustain ...