The Thwaites Glacier, also known as "Doomsday Glacier", is inching dangerously close to collapsing, triggering a huge rise in ...
Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) used underwater robots to take new measurements of the glacier, which is ...
It also acts as an anchor holding back the West Antarctic ice sheet. Yasin Demirci—Anadolu/Getty Images More than 2 ...
A massive ice sheet in Antarctica - equal to the size of Great Britain - could be all but lost by the 23rd century, experts ...
The latest findings suggest Thwaites Glacier and much of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could be lost by the 23rd century. Its ice rests on a bed far below sea level that slopes downwards towards the ...
A new science briefing from an international research team can’t rule out some of the worst-case sea level rise scenarios, ...
Reports and interviews shed new light on the holding center, where migrants’ calls with lawyers are monitored and some say ...
Our newest contest category delivered a bounty of beautiful—and birdy—scenes for the judges to choose from. Here are some of ...
The researchers warn the faster melting could destabilize the entire West Antarctic Ice sheet, leading to its eventual ...
The Chukchi Sea is the one that bounds the United States. It is in the north of the Bering Strait, a waterway separating ...
The U.S. Coast Guard says Russian naval vessels crossed into U.S. waters in off Alaska in an apparent effort to avoid sea ice, a move allowed under international rules.