Though ice sheet melting is widely talked of and debated, there is limited knowledge about what happens after the period of ...

The Greenland Ice Sheet is cracking open more rapidly as it responds to climate change. The warning comes in a new large-scale study of crevasses on the world's second largest body of ice. Using 3D ...

This story was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center. This story was made possible through the assistance of the U.S. National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs. Inside a tent ...

Every day, massive chunks of ancient ice the size of skyscrapers crash into the Arctic Ocean from Greenland's coastline. The sounds echo across vast fjords while scientists track the transformation of ...

New research suggests the Greenland ice sheet is on track to cross a critical threshold that could cause runaway melting, but that it’s also possible the threshold will be crossed temporarily, cooling ...

The rapid decline of the British-Irish Ice Sheet thousands of years ago may hold lessons for how melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica will influence sea-level rise in the future. When you ...

Maps created by combining different models of glaciers and ice sheets reveal the way water is flowing deep beneath Antarctica's ice. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

How much sea level rise will coastal communities have to contend with by the end of the century, and beyond? Melt from the Earth’s ice sheets is already contributing to flooding throughout the U.S., ...

Inès Otosaka receives funding from the European Space Agency and the UK Natural Environment Research Council. The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are highly vulnerable to global warming and ...