Scientists believe that the motion of Earth's continents through plate tectonics has been largely steady over millions of years. New research, however, suggests this drift can speed up or slow down ...

As the last Ice Age came to an end nearly 10,000 years ago, something unexpected happened deep beneath Earth’s surface. Large glaciers began to melt. The sea levels rose quickly—about 1 ...

A fast-moving glacier in West Antarctica is “stealing” ice from its neighbor in a newly observed case of ice piracy.

When viewed from space, a very rude glacier in Antarctica was caught stealing ice from its neighbor as it melted from climate ...

The new study's connection to those tumultuous years began tangentially, after the scientists behind it used satellite images to discover ... "As the glaciers in Greenland expanded during the Late ...

The deep cracking sound bursting from within the ice signals the dramatic fall about to happen. Seconds later, a block of ice ...

Giant icebergs the size of Norwich were drifting off the coast of Britain during the last ice age, according to a new ... shelves – the floating fronts of glaciers that have flowed off the ...

as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading in the Atlantic Ocean, may have temporarily sped up—with a little help from melting glaciers ...

Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close ... may have temporarily sped up -- with a little help from melting glaciers, according to a new study from scientists at the University ...