Last week, the BAS released Bedmap3, "the most detailed map yet" of Antarctica's landscape beneath its blanket of ice, a ...

Glaciers around the globe are disappearing faster than ever, with the last three-year period seeing the largest glacial mass ...

Scientists found that sea levels rose rapidly 11,700 years ago due to melting ice sheets and sudden lake drainage.

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

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 ...

A new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed.

a clue that may help explain why Arctic ice is melting even faster than predicted. "The Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on the planet, so the question we're trying to ask here is ...

When mountain permafrost thaws and glaciers melt, glacial lakes can become lethal flood risks for anyone downstream.

Mar. 5, 2025 — Whether it's rivers cutting through earth, lava melting through rock, or water slicing through ice, channels all twist and bend in a seemingly similar back-and-forth manner.

But, slowing currents will come with consequences on land and in the ocean ... open image in gallery Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, according to researchers.

“On the west coast of Green­land, around a tenth of the ice melt is already caused by these mi­cro­scopic in­hab­it­ants. In some cases, they darken the gla­cier sur­face so much that is even vis­ible ...