Scientists have long opposed polar geoengineering. Some now believe it will be necessary.

Scientists are preparing to drill one kilometre deep into Antarctica's ‘Doomsday Glacier’ in a bid to understand the ...

After working and camping for a week on Thwaites Glacier, scientists were ready to start drilling into the ice, if only the ...

Low clouds have lifted long enough for helicopters to ferry scientists and their gear to a fast-melting glacier on the edge ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 20-year satellite record shows that Thwaites Glacier’s eastern ice shelf is weakening through a clear, staged process driven by ...

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Scientists have finally planted their boots on one of the most closely watched chunks of ice on Earth, also known as the "Doomsday glacier." After weather delays stranded them 19 miles short of their ...

The Thwaites Glacier, an enormous shelf of ice in the Antarctic, has been given the ominous nickname of the “Doomsday Glacier” — because if it were to change collapse, it could have profound ...

A team of scientists are staring climate change in the eye, the New York Times reports, setting sail for the infamous “Doomsday Glacier” in Antarctica in an attempt to study it up close. The enormous ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake generated in cold, icy ...

Part of Pine Island Glacier collapsed several years ago, forming an unstable inlet where no ship had sailed. Until now.

Debangshu Banerjee, a recent graduate of the Centre for Earth Observation Sciences at the University of Manitoba, with Dr. Karen Alley of the same center and Dr. David Lilien of Indiana University ...