Aside from the obvious problems of melting Antarctic ice, this problem of hidden volcanoes becoming active could spell ...

"What if the iron stones were warming up to the point where they would actually melt the glacial ice beneath them and sink ...

Much of this uncertainty is because the ocean processes that control the fate of the sheet occur on an incredibly small scale ...

As the ice melts, the pressure in the magma chambers eases and the compressed magma can expand, leading to eruptions. Anatarctica has 140 hidden volcanoes.

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

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

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

By using a fiber-optic cable to detect tiny vibrations a mile below the surface, scientists discovered a surprising way that ...

While warming temperatures are driving a widespread loss of ice shelves, major calving events have not increased in frequency ...

The world’s second largest body of ice – the Greenland Ice Sheet – is cracking open quicker than previously, scientists have ...

Crevasses are widening faster as meltwater drives fissures deeper into the ice and lubricates the base of glaciers, ...