The Antarctic ice sheet is nearly twice the area of Australia and holds enough freshwater to raise global sea levels by 58 ...

Rising Sea Levels When you think about the ice melting in Greenland and Antarctica, you're really looking at the biggest ...

Volcanoes erupting isn’t what most people think of, but this scene could happen as the frozen continent melts, a study has ...

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

The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...

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

The West Antarctic Rift System is home to over 130 volcanoes ... “One such example is that eruptions proximate to surface ice ...

The Denman glacier in East Antarctica is one of the largest and fastest melting glaciers on the continent, and yet little is ...

Melting ice in Antarctica could trigger volcanic eruptions beneath the continent’s vast ice sheet, creating a slow but dangerous feedback loop, scientists warn. A new study suggests the melting ...

By Madelaine Gamble Rosevear, Postdoctoral Fellow in Physical Oceanography, University of Tasmania; Ben Galton-Fenzi, Principal Scientist, Australian Antarctic Division; Bishakhdatta Gayen, ARC Future ...