While the Statue of Liberty may not be submerged, low-lying places like Ellis Island could be underwater. By 2100, sea-level ...

Explorers Amazed by Thriving Marine Life on Seafloor That Was Exposed After Massive Iceberg Calved From Antarctic Ice Sheet ...

Microbial communities feeding on geothermal methane seeps beneath the Antarctic ice sheet could resemble life-supporting ...

An overlooked Antarctic water system could raise sea levels by more than 2 meters by 2300, computer simulations show.

Through satellite gravimetry analysis of Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) mass changes from 2002 to 2023, striking mass change rates ...

Melting Antarctic Ice Sheets Will Slow Earth's Strongest Ocean Current Mar. 3, 2025 — Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world's strongest ocean current ...

West Antarctica, home to one of Earth's largest ice sheets, sits atop a volcanic hotspot known as the West Antarctic Rift. This region contains over 100 volcanic centers—many hidden beneath ice ...

The data collected from this environment also helps the international research team study the Antarctic ice sheet’s past behavior as it has been shrinking due to climate change. “The ice loss from the ...

Xuelong 2, one of the ships from China's 41st Antarctic expedition team, departs on a nearly seven-month mission to ...

Heavy ice sheets press down on Earth's crust. When an ice sheet's mass ... Ice Sheet could influence the dynamics of the much larger Antarctic Ice Sheet—even though the two are half a world ...