Smaller calving events, not large icebergs, drive Antarctic ice sheet loss.

For Turek, the calving season starts around this time of year. And when he sees extreme cold in the forecast, he takes extra precautions to keep his newborn cattle safe.

80 mph speed record for glacier fracture helps reveal the physics of ice sheet collapse Date: February 28, 2024 Source: University of Washington Summary: New research documents the fastest-known ...

The team found the tipping point for Greenland’s ice sheet occurs when approximately 230 gigatons of ice is lost in a single year, which corresponds to a 60% decrease from the pre-industrial ...

Antarctic sea ice reaches record low The Antarctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent of 691,000 square miles on Feb. 21.

The effects of global climate cycles on Southern Ocean temperatures drove cycles of melting and freezing in the East Antarctic Ice Sheet every few thousand years, according to a new study.

David Attenborough takes us on a virtuoso tour of the Greenland ice sheet. Greenland’s terrestrial ice has existed for about 2.6 million years and has expanded and contracted with two dozen or ...

The calving of icebergs like this from large ice sheets can sometimes trigger other chunks to free themselves too. A new iceberg the size of Greater London has calved from Antarctica's Brunt Ice ...

For Turek, the calving season starts around this time of year. And when he sees extreme cold in the forecast, he takes extra precautions to keep his newborn cattle safe.