A team hopes to place instruments in the waters beneath the colossal Thwaites Glacier, with the help of a drill that uses hot ...

Bad weather ​delayed expedition scientists’​ ​efforts to set up camp on Thwaites Glacier ​in Antarctica ​and take ...

Learn how glaciers melt and contribute to seas rising in this animated explainer from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

"We're very lucky to be here; we also work very hard to be here." The post Scientists Scramble to Set Up Outpost on Rapidly ...

The two countries will change their borders underneath Matterhorn Peak.

Five Central Asian nations once bickered over the water from regional glaciers. Now, with climate change looming, they appear ...

Glaciers are often treated as scenic features or scientific curiosities. In fact, they are critical infrastructure. Though they cover roughly a tenth of the Earth’s land surface, meltwater from ...

Ice in the Arctic and Antarctica plays a critical role in maintaining life on Earth, and it is melting faster than previously thought. This is threatening our planet with potentially massive sea-level ...

Scientists are worried about the melting of Antarctica's ice sheets and what it could mean for sea levels. There's a ...

By Hugo Francisco de Souza As warming accelerates glacier melt worldwide, researchers warn that ancient ice and modern ...

The Ice Memory Foundation, a consortium of European research institutes, inaugurated the frozen sanctuary on Wednesday at the ...

As marine-terminating glaciers melt, the resulting freshwater is released at the seafloor, which mixes with salty seawater and influences circulation patterns. As the oceans warm, it's growing ...