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

Beneath Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier, hundreds of undetected earthquakes have rumbled for over a decade, signaling the capsizing of massive icebergs and accelerating ice loss into the ocean. This ...

Swirling underwater eddies are aggressively melting two Antarctic glaciers, a recent study found, including the one that could raise sea levels by multiple feet.

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

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 ...

Earthquakes recorded under the Thwaites Glacier reveal processes of fracturing and sliding of the ice over the Antarctic bedrock.

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

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

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 ...

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