Two suddenly drained lakes appear to have sent a jolt through one of Greenland's most famous glaciers, triggering a rapid ...

Fractures racing across Antarctica’s Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf are severing its last structural anchor to a submarine ridge, ...

The fates of coastal cities worldwide, from New York to Manila, depend on a vast but little-understood Antarctic glacier that is losing ice alarmingly quickly. Now, extensive research efforts in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A vital ice shelf is about to break away from Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier," further destabilizing one of the world's largest ...

A powerful natural event unfolded in Alaska as a massive glacier dramatically collapsed into the sea during a striking calving event. The footage, captured from a tour boat in Kenai Fjords National ...

Antarctica’s most threatened glacier is about to be further destabilised, as the floating ice shelf in front of Thwaites glacier is set to break away. “Its final demise could happen suddenly, and to ...

Close look at the Thwaites Ice Shelf edge as seen from the IceBridge DC-8 on Oct. 16, 2012. The blue areas of ice are denser, compressed ice. Source – NASA / James Yungel. CC SA 2.0. Scientists have ...

A new editorial in Glacies argues that glacier change must be treated as an interconnected risk challenge involving climate, water security, infrastructure, ecosystems, natural hazards and human ...

The world's widest glacier is causing serious concern among climate scientists. The enormous Thwaites Glacier, located on Antarctica's Walgreen coast, is being carefully watched for its potential to ...

A new study published in Quaternary Science Reviews dates the dramatic collapse of one of the largest glaciers ever ...

When a glacier collapses – or “calves” to use the technical term – it’s a remarkable sight, Mother Nature imploding in on herself, a sight of beauty and destruction. One of the world’s most ...