The Araon (pronounced “ah rah own”) is roughly 360 feet long and can break through a meter of flat ice at a speed of 3 knots, ...

Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake generated in cold, icy regions. First discovered in the Northern ...

An analysis of the expansion of cracks in the Thwaites Glacier over the past 20 years suggests that a total collapse could be ...

About 9,000 years ago, part of Antarctica’s eastern ice sheet collapsed astonishingly fast, driven by warmer ocean water. The ...

Due to its thick, vast ice sheet, Antarctica appears to be a single, continuous landmass centered over the South Pole and ...

(CNN) — An Antarctic glacier shrunk by nearly 50% in just two months, the fastest retreat recorded in modern history, according to a new study — and the way it retreated could have big implications ...

Antarctica’s key glaciers are melting faster as underwater storms churn warm water upward. New research reveals surprising ...

Scientists detected hundreds of hidden icequakes at Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, revealing glacial seismic activity linked ...