Back in January, a massive chunk of ice the size of Chicago broke off from an ice sheet on Antarctica’s coast. Exploring the waters this oversized block of ice once covered, scientists found — to ...

High-speed drones will be put to the test in the extreme Arctic environment as part of a project to assess how quickly glaciers in Greenland are retreating ...

A research group led by Associate Professor Kohei Mizobata, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, including ...

Climbing Season Underway in the Himalayas Expeditions to the Himalayas have begun as spring welcomes more accommodating weather to climb the world’s highest pea ...

A University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led study is developing innovative methods to accurately predict how ice sheets ...

A Turkish student living and studying lawfully in the U.S. was arrested by federal immigration officers. A lawyer explains to ...

Kristin Poinar can speak to the media about climate change, ice sheets and sea level rise. As a researcher, she uses computer modeling to understand how Earth’s ice sheets are shrinking and ...

The left map shows the total melt days for the Antarctic Ice Sheet as of March 15, 2025. The middle map is a close up of the Antarctic Peninsula through the same time frame. The graph shows the daily ...

along with the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, comprise about 70% of the world's freshwater. "We need to advance our scientific knowledge, we need to advance through better observing systems ...

Peter Fretwell, mapping specialist and co-author at BAS, said in a statement: "In general, it's become clear the Antarctic Ice Sheet is thicker than we originally realised and has a larger volume ...