A high-risk mission to Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica's "doomsday glacier," faced setbacks as instruments became trapped deep ...

Scientists lost their instruments within Antarctica’s most dangerously unstable glacier, though not before getting a glimpse ...

Scientists warn Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier is melting quicker than predicted. A radical plan is now on the table to slow ...

Scientists have long opposed polar geoengineering. Some now believe it will be necessary.

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 ...

“We have lost our village,” the mayor of Blatten said after the glacier’s explosive collapse covered it in ice, rock and mud. One person is missing.

A massive glacier collapse in Tajikistan has reignited global concerns about rapid changes in mountain ice — and what they can mean for the communities most vulnerable to the effects of rising ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 20-year satellite record shows that Thwaites Glacier’s eastern ice shelf is weakening through a clear, staged process driven by ...

Thwaites is considered one of the most critical glaciers on Earth due to its sheer size and its role in holding back large parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. If the glacier were to collapse ...

On October 25, a massive chunk of glacier broke away from the Ismoil Somoni Peak in Tajikistan’s Tajikabad district and thundered down the mountain. The ice mass – two kilometers long, 150-200 meters ...