A new study suggests some Antarctic ice shelves may be melting much faster from below than scientists expected. Research ...

A study has suggested that Antarctica's ice shelves are thinning sooner than earlier models indicated, a warning sign that sea-level rise could start speeding up sooner than predictions indicated. The ...

A rare dataset collected by instruments at the point where Antarctica’s largest ice shelf begins to float reveals ocean processes that drive melting at this critical part of the continent. During a ...

Rapidly melting ice shelves in Antarctica could trigger global sea levels to rise even faster than expected, scientists have ...

Hidden warm-water traps beneath Antarctica may be melting the continent’s ice far faster than scientists realized.

This summer, the vast Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica had so much meltwater running down its face, it looked like it was ...

For years, climate models warned that warm deep water around Antarctica could edge closer to the continent’s icy fringe. Now ...

An international team of scientists has discovered that methane hydrates beneath the northwest Greenland continental shelf ...

Deep beneath the Southern Ocean, a quiet but alarming shift is underway: warm water is creeping closer to Antarctica, and scientists are now seeing it clearly for the first time. By combining decades ...

After the Crunch Munch craze, a new ice cream bar arrives on the shelves and is driving teenagers wild. It is dubbed "America" and combines caramel, chocolate, and peanut butter.

New data confirms what climate experts have long worried about: a warm mass of deep polar water has expanded toward Antarctica.