1️⃣ Grim warning: The world’s ice sheets are on course for runaway melting, leading to multiple feet of sea level rise and ...

The world's two gigantic ice sheets are in greater peril from global warming than previously thought, a study published May ...

The most recent IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) assessment report estimated that global mean sea-level rise ...

Scientists drilled through Antarctic ice to uncover a buried river system that may reshape predictions of melting and ...

When massive ice sheets melt, the resulting increase in sea level ... Ice sheets are so massive that they exert a significant gravitational pull, drawing surrounding ocean water toward them.

If you account for the ice the Thwaites will draw in from the large ... However, Scambos said the melting is accelerating and that the ice sheet is "very near to the point of breakup." ...

Nearly 200 countries have pledged to try to keep the planet's warming to 1.5C, but the researchers warn that this should not ...

New research shows polar ice sheets may begin irreversible collapse even at 1.5°C warming - putting millions at risk.

Glaciers not only draw millions of visitors to these locations ... likely due to freshwater inflow from melting ice sheets and sea ice. The problem stems from the fact that freshwater has a ...

A new study by the British Antarctic Survey concludes warmer seawater may work in a similar way on the undersides of ground-based ice sheets, melting them faster than previously thought.

In addition to this upward movement, the melting ice affects the surrounding ocean. Ice sheets exert a gravitational pull on nearby water, drawing the sea toward the ice mass. As the ice melts ...