Several major U.S. cities could be impacted if the Thwaites Glacier were to melt, according to NOAA projections.

The map shows that East Antarctica is made up ... East Antarctica's crust is thicker than West Antarctica's: It's between 25 miles and 37 miles (40 and 60 kilometers) thick, compared with the ...

The map gives us a clear view of the white continent ... along the Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctic coastlines, and in ...

Created by satellite data collected by the European Space Agency’s CryoSat, the map can be downloaded ... trend toward melting on the land-based West Antarctica ice sheet in recent years ...

West Antarctica has probably warmed since the 1950s ... term meteorological observation network in the region. Figure 1: Map of Antarctica and annual spatial footprint of the Byrd temperature ...

researchers analyzed geomagnetic field data from West Antarctica to create new maps of geothermal heat flow in the region — essentially, maps showing how much heat from Earth's interior is ...

The Thwaites Glacier, part of the vast West Antarctic Ice Sheet, is one of the world's fastest-changing and most unstable glaciers. At 74,000 square miles large, it's roughly the size of the state ...

But what the map doesn't show is that West Antarctica is possibly the largest volcanic region on Earth. Antarctica isn't technically part of the Ring of Fire because it's a roof system rather than ...

Scientists have deployed an advanced robotic submarine to gain a new perspective on the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica ... on a 20-hour mission to map the seabed in front of the glacier.

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...