A 1550 square km (963 sq mi.) iceberg, designated A81 broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. A time-lapse of the 'calving ...

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have found decades-old aerial photos that are helping them better understand ...

Researchers found ancient river-carved plains beneath East Antarctica that may help slow ice loss and improve sea-level rise ...

Emmy voters sure know how to take a bite of the Apple. As the Television Academy unveiled nominations for the 77th Emmy ...

Using an echo sounder, they were able to estimate the cross-section of the water-carrying ice channel to be around 100 by 200 metres.

A new UC study uncovers hidden melt beneath Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf, shedding new light on climate change impacts and rising sea levels.

In contrast, water underneath the Ross Ice Shelf — which acts as a buttress to stabilize the inland ice — remains cold. But will the Ross Ice Shelf melt? And, if so, when?

Roughly the size of Spain, the Ross Ice Shelf stabilizes major glaciers along Antarctica’s coast — and is at risk of retreating, a new study finds.

The potential acceleration and eventual disintegration of the Ross Ice Shelf, leading to its movement into the sea, would have far-reaching consequences for ice coverage throughout the region.

The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest chunk of ice on Antarctica, at roughly the size of France. Scientists have known that ice streams have a tendency to lurch at least once a day with the tides, but ...

The subterranean habitat was found beneath the outer edges of the Ross Ice Shelf, the world's largest body of floating ice, on the southern edge of Antarctica, during a research project focused on ...