The world's two gigantic ice sheets are in greater peril from global warming than previously thought, a study published May 20 says.

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

Even if the world meets its most optimistic climate goals, rising sea levels will likely intensify throughout the 21st ...

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.

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

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." ...

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 ...

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

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

If the entire ice sheet were to melt sea levels may rise up to 24ft ... thaw of ice from Greenland to Antarctica that is set to re-draw global coastlines. Sea level rise threatens cities from ...

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 ...