Imagine you're standing near the edge of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, gazing out over the ocean, when the ice near you starts to melt very rapidly. A surge of meltwater flows into the ocean. Surprisingly, ...

Antarctica’s melting ice sheets may retreat faster as warm seawater intrudes underneath them. Warming ocean temperatures could also lead to a “runaway” feedback effect that allows warm seawater to ...

Beneath hundreds of meters of Antarctic ice, in a place no human has ever visited, warm ocean water is quietly eating away at one of the largest frozen reservoirs on Earth. New high-resolution ...

Some of the strongest glaciers in the world are found in Canada. From Alaska to the Yukon, the St. Elias mountain range is home to several of them. These glaciers are thick, vast, and ancient. Now, ...