Antarctica’s most feared ice giant is no longer just slipping quietly into the sea. For the first time, scientists are ...

Thwaites, the most studied glacier in the world, commands attention because it is not only the widest in the world at 80 miles but also the shakiest. And ...

In a new study soon to be published in Geophysical Research Letters, I present evidence for hundreds of these quakes in ...

At the edge of Antarctica, one of the planet’s most fragile ice giants is splintering so violently that it is sending out its ...

Swirling underwater eddies are aggressively melting two Antarctic glaciers, a recent study found, including the one that could raise sea levels by multiple feet.

Earthquakes recorded under the Thwaites Glacier reveal processes of fracturing and sliding of the ice over the Antarctic bedrock.

Scientists detected hundreds of hidden icequakes at Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, revealing glacial seismic activity linked ...

Antarctica’s key glaciers are melting faster as underwater storms churn warm water upward. New research reveals surprising ...

A satellite called Sentinel-1D lifted off on November 4, 2025, riding an Ariane 6 rocket from French Guiana. Within two days ...

Antartica's 'Doomsday Glacier' is causing concerns among researchers after hundreds of glacial earthquakes were detected, raising fears that it might collapse.These earthquakes happen when large ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Daniel Merino, The Conversation and Gemma Ware, The Conversation (THE CONVERSATION) ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A total collapse of the roughly 80-mile-wide Thwaites Glacier, the widest in the world, would trigger changes that could lead to 11 feet of sea-level rise, according to ...