Scientists from the University of Cambridge and British Antarctic Survey have used ice core records to draw new conclusions ...

The world's largest iceberg is on the move, and could be set to reach a remote British island. Known as the 'queen of ...

The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...

A colossal ice core sample drilled in Antarctica may contain the oldest, unbroken timeline of Earth's climate, stretching back more than a million years.

The sample extended so deep that it reached the bedrock beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. The core ... and paleoclimatologist at the British Antarctic Survey. “This can happen when the heat ...

An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic ...

“We have a strong indication that the uppermost 2,480 meters contain a climate record that goes back to 1.2 million years in a high-resolution record where up to 13,000 years are compressed into one ...

Arecent study conducted by University of Florida geologists and geographers has shed new light on the effects of climate change on Antarctic ice shelves. It found that while there has been broad ice ...

NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. The Amery ... crucial role in stabilizing the Antarctic Ice Sheet. The pale blue meltwater ...

The trillion-ton slab of ice that scientists call a "megaburg" broke off from the Antarctic’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986.

when an iceberg roughly the size of Delaware broke off the Antarctic ice sheet. A once in a century eventcould produce an iceberg about 45,000 square kilometers, slightly larger than the entire co ...