Antarctica’s total ice volume is now estimated at 27.17 million cubic kilometers (6.52 million cubic miles). The ice sheet ...

A recent study reveals the alarming rate at which glaciers are disappearing worldwide, reinforcing the urgency of the UN's International Year of Glaciers' Preservation.

There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land ...

The photo quickly went viral as it revealed the reality of Greenland's rapidly melting ice. In June 2019, a striking image of husky dogs apparently walking on water in Greenland stunned the world ...

Glacier mass balance intercomparison exercise As of the year 2000, glaciers—excluding the continental ice sheets of Greenland ...

New research published in Nature on historical sea-level rise, will give scientists new knowledge into how global warming ...

The Museum of Natural History’s Sidney Horenstein noted New York, at least, has risen roughly 150 feet following the retreat of the ice and the loss of its immense weight. The Earth’s crust still ...

Stanford researchers have integrated machine learning with high-resolution satellite and aerial observations to analyze the ...

Ice sheets are masses of glacial land ice extending more than 20,000 ... the map revealed that the ice sheet is at greater risk of melting due to the incursion of warm ocean water that’s ...

Greenland lacks a road or rail network, so people rely on helicopters, planes and boats to get around. Rising temperatures and melting ice are meanwhile opening new and shorter shipping routes, ...

As the planet warms, Antarctica's ice sheet is melting and contributing to sea-level rise around the globe. Antarctica holds ...