Antarctica holds so much frozen water that if it vanished overnight, the shape of the planet’s coasts, climate and oceans ...

Understanding what happens to Antarctica’s ice matters, because as it melts, sea levels rise, affecting lives and economies ...

In the past, when West Antarctica melted, there was a rapid uptick in onshore geological activity in the area.

Underneath Anarctica's ice there's a deep, dark secret. Today, we're going to melt all that ice to find out how it would transform Earth. What mysteries lie buried deep under its thick frozen surface?

Like all glaciers, Thwaites is made of solid ice, but as gravity pulls it toward sea level, it moves like a thick, heavy ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of Rhode ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ocean currents and affects temperatures in places far from ...