The fate of the world's coastlines is being written right now, in the most remote corners of the planet. Polar ice sheets are not just frozen wilderness - they are the single greatest variable in ...

The world’s ice sheets are on course for runaway melting, leading to multiple feet of sea level rise and “catastrophic” migration away from coastlines, even if the world pulls off the miraculous and ...

A tube of mud can look like nothing special at first. Pull it from half a kilometer under Antarctic ice, though, and every smear starts to read like a diary.

If you've ever built a sandcastle on the beach, you've seen how sea water in the sand can quickly undermine the castle. A new study by the British Antarctic Survey concludes warmer seawater may work ...

Extreme ice melt in Greenland is expanding rapidly, with meltwater production increasing sixfold since 1990, new research ...

It seems that every day brings more news of doom and gloom when it comes to the various ice shelves and ice sheets that can be found around our planet. Now, a new study published in Nature showcases ...

Dan Lowry receives funding from the Antarctic Science Platform supported by the New Zealand Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment. Holly Kyeore Han receives funding from NASA Postdoc Program ...