"Science has a communication problem." Scientist sounds alarm after disturbing photo from Arctic expedition resurfaces: ...

They found a stunning array of life, like octopuses, sea spiders, and crustaceans, as well as possible clues to the dynamics of ice sheets ... areas of Antarctic Peninsula. And my team was aiming to ...

A drone photo taken on Feb 6 ... for research in climate change cannot be overestimated. The Antarctic ice sheet, which can trigger a global sea level rise of 70 meters should it melt, is the largest ...

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet poses a unique threat because most of it sits below sea level. As ocean waters rise due to melting ice, more of this ice sheet becomes submerged. Submersion ...

Around 10,000 years ago, as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading ...

While the Statue of Liberty may not be submerged, low-lying places like Ellis Island could be underwater. By 2100, sea-level ...

Antarctic ice sheet background About 90% of the ice on Earth is located in Antarctica; if all this ice were to melt, the global sea level would rise by more than 50 meters. In addition, the ice ...

In the past decade, researchers have coalesced around the idea that marine ice sheet instability (MISI) may lead to considerable West Antarctic melt. In MISI, warm water melts ice along Antarctica ...

Beneath the great, white expanse of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, a mysterious realm of streams and lakes lies out of sight. Much about this hidden water world remains poorly understood. But a new ...