Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...

The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...

An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic ...

The biggest iceberg on Earth is heading toward a remote island, creating a potential threat to penguins and seals inhabiting ...

Beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet lies a fiery secret—active volcanoes that may become more restless as the ice retreats. In a new study, researchers reveal how the shrinking ice alters the ...

Antarctic sea ice has been shrinking in recent years, hitting near-record lows in 2024. The 2024 winter maximum for Antarctic sea ice was the second lowest on record.

The size variations in the Antarctic ice sheet over time have confirmed its unstable nature, made worse by greenhouse ...

The rapidly shrinking sea ice pack in Antarctic waters will likely recover if prompt action is taken to contain greenhouse ...

To do so, they used a thermomechanical magma chamber model and simulated a shrinking West Antarctic Ice Sheet through inputting specific pressure decreases exerted on the underlying rocks and ...

“The area of Antarctic ice reached an all-time low ... the report explained that it was the second time scientists had observed ice shrinking below 2 million square kilometers.

They're also shrinking. The ocean melts ice shelves ... and the fate of the entire Antarctic ice sheet, occur on the scale of millimetres. They happen in a thin layer of ocean, just beneath ...