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

Careful slope monitoring prevented mass casualties in the landslide at Blatten, Switzerland, this year, but mountain ...

Glaciers could reach peak rates of disappearing in the coming decades due to global warming, according to new research.

Thwaites, the most studied glacier in the world, commands attention because it is not only the widest in the world at 80 miles but also the shakiest. And ...

Thwaites Glacier is the widest glacier on Earth and a crucial component of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which is already experiencing significant ice loss. Much of this glacier rests on bedrock below ...

At the edge of Antarctica, one of the planet’s most fragile ice giants is splintering so violently that it is sending out its ...

In a new study soon to be published in Geophysical Research Letters, I present evidence for hundreds of these quakes in ...

Antarctica’s most feared ice giant is no longer just slipping quietly into the sea. For the first time, scientists are ...

Antartica's 'Doomsday Glacier' is causing concerns among researchers after hundreds of glacial earthquakes were detected, raising fears that it might collapse.These earthquakes happen when large ...

A quiet region at the eastern Antarctic Peninsula carries a narrative that can seem unnervingly personal if you have witnessed something in your life collapse faster than you were prepared for. In ...

Switzerland’s Gries Glacier is disappearing at an alarming pace. Climate change is accelerating ice melt across the country at an unprecedented rate. Matthias Huss, Director of Glacier Monitoring ...