More than 100 volcanoes lurk beneath the surface in Antarctica. Ice sheet melt could set them off. The reason is that this unloading of ice sheets reduces pressure on magma chambers below the ...

Antarctica is melting, and crucial details are beginning to come into focus of exactly how it's happening. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

These ice shelves act as keystones, stabilising the ice sheet. They’re also shrinking. The ocean melts ice shelves from below – a process known as “basal melting”. Increased basal melting ...

Climate change is reshaping the world in unexpected ways. While rising sea levels and extreme weather are visible impacts, other consequences are less obvious but no less significant. One such ...

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 ...

As the ice sheets melt ... ice sheets of the Antarctica are several kilometres thick, acting like a lid for the magma oozing underneath (Picture: Getty Images) Right now, the weight of all ...

The world's largest iceberg is on the move, and could be set to collide with a remote British island. Known as the 'queen of ...

The vehicle’s mission yielded key findings on glacial melt and deep currents before it disappeared under mysterious ...

What’s Causing Antarctica’s Ice to Melt? More warm water is washing up against large swathes of the Antarctic ice sheet. What does that mean for global sea levels?