Here are the main countries at risk of rising sea levels if the UK-sized Thwaites ‘Doomsday Glacier’ melted or collapsed into ...

Eventually it creates a sort of moving river of ice, called a glacier. The ice does not melt much at high altitudes, but does when it moves down to warmer levels. Usually there is a balance ...

But this latest set of images is especially striking. “In Iceland, the melting glaciers look different than anywhere else.” The average temperature in the Arctic region is rising twice as fast ...

This large-scale atmospheric circulation change brings more warm air to Patagonia, thereby accelerating glacier melt. Over the past two decades, satellite-based planetary observations have ...

As the last Ice Age came to an end nearly 10,000 years ago, something unexpected happened deep beneath Earth’s surface. Large ...

Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading in the Atlantic Ocean, may have temporarily sped up—with a little help from ...