The ocean end of the Thwaites Glacier is being hit by various earthquakes, which can increase the sea levels rapidly if the ...

Low clouds have lifted long enough for helicopters to ferry scientists and their gear to a fast-melting glacier on the edge ...

The earthquakes, while low in magnitude, spell a troubling fate for the glacier. The post Doomsday Glacier Bombarded by ...

Instead, the most prolific period of glacial earthquakes at Thwaites, between 2018 and 2020, coincides with a period of accelerated flow of the glacier’s ice tongue towards the sea. The ice-tongue ...

Scientists have detected hundreds of earthquakes originating from Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier', sparking fears of collapse. Glacial earthquakes are generated when huge chunks of ice collapse into ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers studied the cracks in the shear zone over the span of two decades. They discovered that the fracturing happened in two phases. According to the study, long shear fractures would expand, ...

Ancient ocean sediments reveal Antarctica’s ice sheet retreated repeatedly during past warm periods, offering clues to future ...

There's evidence trapped in ancient ice that during warm periods millions of years ago, the ice-free Southern Ocean responded ...