Even though 'glacial' is commonly used to describe extremely slow, steady movement, a new study has found that glaciers speed up and slow down on a daily -- even hourly -- basis in response to changes ...

The increased crevassing, especially prominent in fast-flowing portions of the ice sheet, could lead to a feedback loop that accelerates ice loss from the glacier, which ultimately raises sea levels.

Crevasses are widening faster as meltwater drives fissures deeper into the ice and lubricates the base of glaciers, ...

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

Much of this uncertainty is because the ocean processes that control the fate of the sheet occur on an incredibly small scale ...

Blue puddles of water were visible atop the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica after periods of record melting. Satellite data from early 2025 revealed extensive melting at Antarctica’s Amery Ice ...

"The change of seasons causes surface melting far inland from the coastal ice front," glaciologist Christopher Shuman said.

These images, snapped by the OLI (Operational Land Imager) on January 1, show pools of pale blue meltwater peppered across the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica. This melting comes despite ...

Beneath Antarctica's ice, an unsuspected danger looms. Global warming could awaken dormant volcanoes, triggering a chain reaction with unpredictable consequences. This recent discovery sheds light on ...

Why is a remote glacier in Antarctica that contains ... “We don’t see massive changes in melt at the surface at the moment … but at the base of the ice shelves, we’re getting warmer ...

So far, they've uncovered not just one relationship but several, each indicating a different melt "regime ... eastern part of the Dotson ice shelf in west Antarctica, an autonomous robot observed ...