A 19-year-old American pilot who was detained for more than a month in Chilean-controlled Antarctica has reached a deal to ...

Many ships have tried to reach the floating tongue of Thwaites Glacier—a 130-kilometer-wide conveyor belt of ice that slides ...

A 5.1 earthquake has struck Alaska, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter was recorded at around 90 km ...

Federal officials have long seen Alaska as key to the nation's national security, with concerns rising as Russia and China ...

Environment Antarctica’s 'doomsday' glacier is heading for catastrophic collapse As a six-year investigation into the Thwaites glacier in Antarctica wraps up, the scientists involved are ...

Scientists 'Surprised' by Antarctic Glacier Suddenly Doubling Its Speed Published Nov 28, 2023 at 11:00 AM EST Updated Nov 28, 2023 at 11:57 AM EST ...

Warming waters are reaching several miles into Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier—nicknamed the “doomsday glacier” because of its potential impact on sea-level rise ...

Imagery from Copernicus Sentinel-2 shows the retreat of Cadman Glacier and the collapse of its ice shelf: the image on the left is from 2017 and the right from 2023. (Image credit: European ...

According to a new study, the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is melting faster than we thought — and that spells trouble for sea level rise projections.

We’re colder than Sitka, Alaska It’s cold and wet in Sitka, but temps pushing 40 degrees have freezing rain pouring on Sitkians instead of soft snow. A 45-degree temperature at noon Tuesday ...