The funding allows earth sciences researcher Sophie Nowicki to continue leading an international ice sheet modeling project.

Data out of Chile suggests that as glaciers and ice caps melt in volcanic regions, released pressure and magma build-up makes eruptions increasingly likely — which could lead to a vicious circle where ...

Antarctica has hidden beneath its great mantle of ice and snow an impressive geological feature among many other things. This ...

The 'Doomsday Glacier' in West Antarctica is one of the largest and most unstable in the world - and could flood major cities ...

Researchers found ancient river-carved plains beneath East Antarctica that may help slow ice loss and improve sea-level rise ...

A top climate scientist says we may have crossed a dangerous tipping point in Antarctica—and the long-term fallout could be ...

Doomsday Glacier, Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica, climate change, sea level rise, global warming, glacier collapse, ...

Learn about the new technique being used to study cracks that have formed on Antarctica's unstable Doomsday Glacier.

A total collapse of the roughly 80-mile-wide Thwaites Glacier, the widest in the world, would trigger changes that could lead ...

Scientists aren’t too optimistic and have said there’s a 'grim outlook' if the glacier melts, plunging parts of the world ...

New research from the Chilean Patagonia has identified a link between glacial retreat and underground volcanic activity ...