Aside from the obvious problems of melting Antarctic ice, this problem of hidden volcanoes becoming active could spell ...

Decades of enigma around an Antarctic pyramid finally resolved amid steaming speculation by raging conspiracy theorists.

Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...

"The change of seasons causes surface melting far inland from the coastal ice front," glaciologist Christopher Shuman said.

Arecent study conducted by University of Florida geologists and geographers has shed new light on the effects of climate change on Antarctic ice shelves. It found that while there has been broad ice ...

Satellite data from early 2025 revealed extensive melting at Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf, highlighting its vulnerability. As ...

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As the ice melts, the pressure in the magma chambers eases and the compressed magma can expand, leading to eruptions.

This study was led by Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences Emma MacKie ... when an iceberg roughly the size of Delaware broke off the Antarctic ice sheet. A once in a century eventcould ...

Antarctica's first sighting on January 28, 1820, by Bellingshausen and Lazarev marked the beginning of unparalleled ...

Discover why Antarctica is the driest continent on Earth, with an average annual precipitation of just 50 millimetres.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. The Amery Ice Shelf is one of Antarctica's largest ice shelves, measuring about 23,200 square ...