Circle a country or region by sea and you will experience its changing character in a way no other trip can rival ...

The 'Titanic' sinking became the most infamous shipwreck in history—but what really happened on that unusually calm night in ...

U.S. Forest Service on Thursday says more calving possible, people should stay far away from glacier. Update, 6:15 p.m.

The U.S. Forest Service warned residents on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 of a large crack in the Mendenhall Glacier that may cause significant calving. The U.S. Forest Service is warning Juneau residents to ...

The formation, movement and melting of icebergs offer insights into some of the most extreme areas of the cryosphere, like Antarctica and Greenland.

A dramatic calving event at Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier sent massive ice chunks into the water. Officials warn of instability ...

The Thwaites Glacier is one of many bodies of ice that are melting, but this massive, Antarctic glacier is uniquely important when it comes to sea level rise. “We’re talking a ...

It is currently moving approximately 4 meters a day towards the sea, whereas before the calving it moved at an average of between 1-2.5 meters a day. British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has decided not ...

open image in gallery The melt rate of West Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier is an important concern. The glacier alone is responsible for about one percent of global sea level rise (NASA/James ...

Ten days later, the expedition stopped at South Georgia, a glacier-covered island about eleven hundred miles east of Cape Horn, Chile, which Shackleton called “the Gateway to the Antarctic.” ...

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are both losing net mass to the ... These sensors relay data on the height of glaciers, ice sheets, and ice shelves as they change. An array of ocean floats are ...