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Scientists Chart New Antarctic Island in Weddell Sea Discovery

The find highlights how retreating polar ice is exposing new hazards for ships.

Thermal Convection Likely Drives Greenland’s Deep Ice Plumes, Study Finds

Greenland Core Shows Prudhoe Dome Vanished About 7,000 Years Ago

New Studies Show Thwaites ‘Doomsday’ Glacier’s Ice Shelf Weakening as Fractures Double

New Studies Trace Self-Reinforcing Antarctic Ice Retreat as Thwaites Shelf Weakens

Study Finds Record Retreat of Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier

Antarctic Sea Ice Has Entered an Abrupt Regime Shift, Nature Study Finds

Antarctica Shows Signs of Abrupt Shift, With West Antarctic Ice Near Tipping Point

Nature Review Finds Abrupt, Interlinked Antarctic Shifts With Global Consequences

Repeated Meltwater Drainages Threaten Greenland’s 79°N Glacier Stability

Scientists Confirm Upward-Draining Subglacial Flood in Greenland Ice Sheet

Antarctica Records Rare Ice Mass Gain After Decades of Loss

Ancient Iceberg Tracks in North Sea Illuminate Ice-Shelf Collapse 18,000 Years Ago

New Map Unveils Detailed Topography Beneath Antarctica's Ice

Greenland Ice Sheet Cracks Widen, Accelerating Ice Loss and Sea Level Rise

ESA and NASA Satellites Reveal Accelerated Greenland Ice Sheet Melting

NASA Discovers Abandoned Cold War Military Base Buried in Greenland Ice

NASA Radar Reveals Cold War-Era Military Base Buried in Greenland Ice

Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier Faces Accelerated Melting Threat

New Study Revises Predictions for Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier Collapse