For over a century, Antarctica’s Blood Falls has remained one of the most baffling phenomena on Earth, captivating scientists ...

The Greenland Ice Sheet is cracking open more rapidly as it responds to climate change. The warning comes in a new ...

Crevasses are wedge-shaped fractures or cracks that open in glaciers where ice begins to flow faster. The research team says that crevasses are also getting bigger and deeper where ice is flowing more ...

Climatologists say that thanks to the high resolution of satellites on these maps, it is possible to analyze objects several meters across and determine their approximate volume and shape ...

University of Tasmania provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend. Two kilometres thick on average and covering nearly twice ...

On a routine safety check Thursday morning, Quinney Fishing Club member Jacob Schwefel spotted a new crack in the ice less than a half mile off the Lake Winnebago shoreline. "You feel the back of ...

Why Trust Us? The West Antarctic Rift System is home to over 130 volcanoes, many of which are locked away under thick layers of ice. A new study shows that glacial retreat coupled with isostatic ...

It came from the area of the Antarctic Ice Sheet known as “Little Dome C,” and measures a staggering 2,800 meters (9,186 feet) in length—roughly six-and-half times taller than the Empire ...

Cat Burford, pictured at the South Pole, said her 700-mile challenge across Antarctica had been "really brutal" A dentist from Truro is celebrating reaching the South Pole unaided to realise a ...

On a snow-covered Sunday in Springfield this past week, newly retired Missouri State University softball head coach Holly Hesse bundled up for the brisk winter weather and took her two dogs on ...

They announced on Wednesday that parts of the oldest ice from the Antarctic to date will arrive in Switzerland. The 2.8-kilometre-long ice core holds climate data dating back over 1.2 million years.

Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf may be under threat due to relatively warm water from the deep sea flowing towards the shelf. Is climate change to blame? When you purchase through links on ...