Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne ... FRIS might have a big problem in a century or two," Naughten said. FRIS is protected by thick ice and near-freezing seawater flowing over the underwater continental ...

Measuring roughly 1,350 square miles (3,500 square kilometers) across, A23a is the world's largest and oldest iceberg ...

At 1.2-million-years-old, a newly uncovered Antarctic ice core represents the oldest known ice on the planet. The 1.7 mile-long ice core was recovered from over 9,000 feet (2,800 meters) deep ...

As the ice sheets melt, eruptions may become more common – and stronger If you picture Antarctica, a continent roughly the size of the US and Mexico combined, an endless white void probably ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on ... paid for by those who can afford it. Melting ice in Antarctica could trigger volcanic eruptions beneath the ...

It's part of a broader research campaign to better understand changes to the nearby Denman Glacier — the fastest-melting glacier in East Antarctica ... drilling a hole in the ice, they ...

Beneath Antarctica's ice, an unsuspected danger looms. Global warming could awaken dormant volcanoes, triggering a chain reaction with unpredictable consequences. This recent discovery sheds light on ...

Since 2016 there has been a large-scale reduction in Antarctic sea ice, but nothing like 2023 when a record amount failed to reform over the winter. For this study, Simon Josey of Britain’s ...