Learn about the new technique being used to study cracks that have formed on Antarctica's unstable Doomsday Glacier.

A total collapse of the roughly 80-mile-wide Thwaites Glacier, the widest in the world, would trigger changes that could lead ...

The Thwaites Glacier on the vast West Antarctica Ice Sheet is commonly called the "Doomsday Glacier" because of its potential to significantly raise sea levels by as much as 10 feet globally, ...

Scientists in west Antarctica have captured a first-of-its-kind seafloor mapping near the world’s widest glacier – which is shrinking at a pace that could one day raise global sea levels up to ...

New research from the Chilean Patagonia has identified a link between glacial retreat and underground volcanic activity ...

The loss of a glacier the size of Florida in Antarctica could wreak havoc on the world as scientists expect it would raise global sea levels up to 10 feet. It's already melting at a fast rate ...

Group of scientists work to create artificial glaciers 04:16. The outlook for "Doomsday Glacier" just got gloomier. Scientists are warning the Antarctic Ice Sheet, known formally as the Thwaites ...

The edge of Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica. If the entire Florida-sized glacier melts, sea levels will rise by over two feet and much of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet will be exposed.

For centuries, glaciers have sat like frosty crowns atop slumbering volcanoes, keeping Earth’s fury tucked safely beneath ...

Thwaites Glacier goes by an arguably unflattering nickname, the "Doomsday Glacier," and there is a very understandable reason for this. The western Antarctic natural wonder is roughly the size of ...

Scientists 'Surprised' by Antarctic Glacier Suddenly Doubling Its Speed Published Nov 28, 2023 at 11:00 AM EST Updated Nov 28, 2023 at 11:57 AM EST ...

Antarctic glacier retreating rapidly Date: November 28, 2023 Source: University of Leeds Summary: Scientists are warning that apparently stable glaciers in the Antarctic can 'switch very rapidly ...