New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...

A reality is that the global warming that we humans are causing on our planet could have catastrophic consequences in the not ...

The gap stayed for several more months and swelled to the size of Switzerland a year later. The hole was located hundreds of ...

While the Statue of Liberty may not be submerged, low-lying places like Ellis Island could be underwater. By 2100, sea-level ...

Learn how a computer simulation demonstrates that tectonic activity may be less slow and steady than previously thought.

As autumn settled over Antarctica, sea ice began its seasonal return, with NASA capturing striking images of new growth in ...

Icebergs as large as cities, potentially tens of kilometres wide, once roved the coasts of the UK, according to scientists.

Beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean, vast volumes of cold, dense water plunge off the Antarctic continental shelf, cascading down underwater cliffs to the ocean floor thousands of meters below.

But a new study has ... Melting Antarctic Ice Sheets Will Slow Earth's Strongest Ocean Current Mar. 3, 2025 — Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world's ...

The team speculates ocean currents may be a strategy for maintaining life beneath the ice sheet ... Antarctic ice shelves amid climate change. The George VI Ice Shelf has experienced significant ...