Part of Pine Island Glacier collapsed several years ago, forming an unstable inlet where no ship had sailed. Until now.

The results are rockfalls, landslides, and dangerous floods. Guides sound alarm as iconic glaciers collapse at popular tourism site: 'We can't even go there' first appeared on The Cool Down.

How might we prevent sea-level rise? Satellite-based radar, solar-powered drones, robot submarines and lab-based ‘artificial glaciers’ could all play a role ...

Hundreds of earthquakes have been detected rattling Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier, also known as the Doomsday Glacier.

As glaciers melt in Western Canada at an alarming rate, outdoor guides are not only witnessing climate change, but managing the hazards ...

Deep beneath Antarctica’s thick ice, powerful whirlpools of water, called submesoscale eddies are speeding up the melting of ...

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 ...

It has been done, though, in the past. Surfing calving glaciers has long been considered one of the preeminent novelty ...

Deep in Antarctica sits a massive slab of ice known as the Thwaites Glacier. Scientists often call it the “Doomsday Glacier,” ...

Part of a massive glacier on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc mountain range is close to collapse after accelerated melting in the late summer heat, officials at a nearby town warned Wednesday. The ...

Scientists have never loved the scary nickname journalists have given the glacier where the current Antarctic expedition is headed: the “Doomsday Glacier.” Yes, the Thwaites Glacier is the size of ...