Mass changes across the Antarctic ice sheet have been detected using satellite gravimetry, revealing significant ...

Melting ice in Antarctica could trigger volcanic eruptions ... The study highlights how the weight of the ice sheet acts as a cap on the magma below. When the ice melts, the overburden pressure ...

Maksagak has been instrumental in helping Real Ice to consult with the local community about their research, and she is ...

Ice sheets in Greenland, Antarctica melting faster than previously thought ... communities as climate change melts the polar ice caps and sea levels rise.

But beneath Antarctica’s frozen landscape, volcanoes quietly shape Earth's climate in surprising ways. Recent scientific studies reveal that melting ice sheets in West Antarctica might trigger ...

Ice doesn’t often make the news, but recent headlines have been hard to ignore. For instance, a new report finds that melting ...

Satellite data reveal a link between the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere and rates of Antarctic sea ice loss in recent years.

As autumn settled over Antarctica, sea ice began its seasonal return, with NASA capturing striking images of new growth in ...

Antarctica is losing about 136 billion tonnes of ice per year, with Greenland almost double that, at 267 billion tonnes, says NASA. These two ice sheets hold two thirds of the freshwater on Earth, and ...

But if the current begins to weaken, it would allow warmer water to seep in closer to the ice shelves, speeding up the melting of Antarctic ice. “Faster ice melting could then lead to further ...

NBC’s Chase Cain reports from Antarctica, where melting ice is accelerating sea level rise and disrupting global weather patterns. Once a symbol of international cooperation that helped heal the ...