A massive chunk of sea ice in West Antarctica has not refrozen following a winter heatwave in the region – a dramatic change ...

Coastal cities from Miami to Mumbai sit on land that would vanish beneath the ocean if Earth’s two largest ice sheets, ...

Scientists say a chunk of winter sea ice the size of France off the Antarctic coast has failed to form this year.

Scientists have identified a hidden climate tipping point that changed how Antarctica's ice sheet responds to warming.

Up to 59% of Antarctic ice shelves may be at risk of disappearing under high-emission scenarios by 2300, according to a comprehensive analysis of the effect of ocean warming published in Nature. This ...

A huge chunk of Antarctic ice the size of Britain threatens to detach from the frozen continent - leaving some countries at risk of disappearing altogether ...

New research shows surface melting across Antarctica is set to intensify and spread dramatically over the 21st century, with melt increasing 10-fold and the affected area growing by more than 10% by ...

Scientists have confirmed that surface meltwater can reach the base of an Antarctic glacier, increasing ice flow toward the ...

West Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" is on the brink of losing its ice shelf, further compromising the already melting ice mass and threatening to unleash devastating sea-level rises.

Antarctic Ice Sheet mass change series (April 2002–December 2023) derived from GRACE/GRACE-FO satellite gravimetry. Ellipses highlight period-specific mass change rates, while the grey shadow ...