Scientists have uncovered a massive 100 km wide, 7 km thick granite structure beneath Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier, formed approximatel...

Scientists have discovered that Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier is melting rapidly and may be on an irreversible path to collapse, potentiall...

New research by British and American scientists indicates that tidal action under the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica will accelerate meltin...

A recent study reveals a new, alarming mechanism of Antarctic ice sheet melting, which current sea level rise models do not account for. A ...

Researchers have found that subglacial discharge, or meltwater flowing out to sea from beneath Antarctic glaciers, could be causing glacier...

A new study suggests the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica, known as the "Doomsday Glacier," may collapse sooner than expected, leading to a p...

A sea level rise of several metres would inundate many of the world's major cities - including Shanghai, New York, Miami, Tokyo and Mumbai

The ice loss would cause to withdraw up to 300 km inland and release vast quantities of water, contributing up to 3 meters of sea-level ris...

The penguin population in East Antarctica is 135 times larger now than it was when the last ice age ended around 19,000 years ago.

Adelie penguins may be benefiting from shrinking glaciers, according to a new study that found the population of the species in East Antarc...

A report by NASA scientists suggests that the Antarctic ice sheet may actually be expanding, growing every year, despite a warming globe!

One of the largest glaciers on the planet, Totten, is melting due to ocean warming, a phenomenon that demonstrates the vulnerability of Eas...

World's shrinking glaciers contributed to almost a third of the sea-level rise between 2003 and 2009, a new study has found.

A major Antarctic glacier has passed its "tipping point" and is poised to collapse that could raise global sea levels by 24cm, British scie...

Days before the Copenhagen climate conference kicks off, a major study by a group of 100 international scientists has said that sea levels ...