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 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 ...

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

The glacier's collapse could severely impact coastal cities worldwide due to rising sea levels. Scientists have recently ...

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

In 2019 hundreds of mourners, many wearing black, attended a funeral for the glacier led by a priest and glaciologists.

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 ...

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 ...

These 15 places represent the fragile edges of our world—from ice sheets the size of continents to underwater mountains—where ...