We could witness a major meltdown in the near future: Researchers have discovered that Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier is melting at a much faster rate than anticipated, which could cause seas to ...
Scientists studying Thwaites Glacier, ominously dubbed the "Doomsday Glacier," have unveiled a rapidly evolving and complex environment that could lead to dramatic sea-level rise in the centuries ...
They call it the Doomsday Glacier. A chunk of Antarctic ice as big as Florida and two thirds of a mile thick, the Thwaites Glacier disgorges into the ocean in a remote region of West Antarctica.
On a summer’s evening in 2019, Zach Sheldon watched huge chunks of ice break off Valdez Glacier in Alaska as it calved into the lake below. The following morning, the experienced tour guide led ...
Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier got its nickname, the “Doomsday Glacier”, for its potential to flood coastlines around the world if it collapsed. It is already contributing about 4 percent of ...
Your donation makes it possible for us to keep doing this important work, keeping you informed every step of the way to the November election While Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” is still ...
In the early hours of August 6, a lake dammed by Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier burst through the ice, flooding hundreds of homes and businesses in the Mendenhall Valley where many of the Alaskan ...
When travelers visit Alaska, they often want to see glaciers. And it’s the perfect place for those. The Last Frontier is home to the most glaciers in the U.S. There are roughly 27,000 ...
These viruses, around three-quarters of which were previously unknown to science, were discovered thanks to scraps of viral DNA frozen in ice cores taken from the Guliya Glacier on the Tibetan ...