Antarctica holds so much frozen water that if it vanished overnight, the shape of the planet’s coasts, climate and oceans ...
Cracking, creaking ice at the bottom of the world is quietly shaping the future climate you live in. New research from ...
A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s ...
When we think of global warming, what first comes to mind is the air: crushing heat waves that are felt rather than seen, ...
Understanding what happens to Antarctica’s ice matters, because as it melts, sea levels rise, affecting lives and economies around the world.
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 ...