"The severity of the sea ice decline is a substantial concern." Scientists make puzzling find while examining recent ...

A widespread, record-breaking melting event occurred across the Antarctic throughout December, and now, photos captured by ...

A chunk of ice the size of the Isle of Man and bigger that the US state of Connecticut has started to break away from Antarctica in what scientists say is further evidence of a warming climate.

Remove the shelf and ice streams to the rear flow faster, putting more mass into the ocean to further raise sea-levels. This was documented in those northern collapses, the most spectacular of ...

The Ross Ice Shelf is considered to be relatively stable compared with other Antarctic ice shelves "Previous studies have shown that when ice shelves collapse, the feeding glaciers can speed up by ...

"An ice shelf is an attractive nuisance. It's an ice formed along the shoreline and looks can be deceiving," said Dave ...

Low emissions prevent ice shelf thinning To ensure our projections ... This is because the West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapses. The earliest warning sign of a future with a multi-meter Antarctic ...

An international team, including Molly Patterson from Binghamton University, is drilling for geological records under the Ross Ice Shelf to predict future melting. Last year’s drilling attempt ...

Shelf ice has started forming along the south shore of Lake Michigan after temperatures dropped, encasing the coastline in a ...

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 ...

While shelf ice appears solid and very thick, it is almost always full of cracks, crevices, and even holes. The weakened areas of ice may be hidden, and the ice can easily collapse. Because of ...