The Icebreaker Reaches the Thwaites Glacier, and the Science Begins

After a 12-day crossing, and a hard slog through sea ice, the field work on this Antarctic expedition is ready to start.

How quiet cracking is pushing Antarctica’s doomsday glacier towards collapse

Scientists tracking Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier found its ice shelf weakening followed an ordered pattern, driven by hidden ...
Live Science

Hundreds of iceberg earthquakes are shaking the crumbling end of Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier

Glacial earthquakes are rocking the Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica. Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake ...
Daily Times

Study warns Antarctica ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is fracturing faster

A new study warns that Antarctica Doomsday Glacier is fracturing from within, increasing the risk of faster sea level rise ...
Science Daily

A Greenland glacier is cracking open in real time

A meltwater lake that formed in the mid-1990s on Greenland’s 79°N Glacier has been draining in sudden, dramatic bursts ...
Inside Climate News

New Research from Antarctica Affirms the Threat of the ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ but Funding to Keep Studying It Is Running Out

When he saw the 75-mile wide ice front of the remote Thwaites Glacier looming out of the Amundsen Sea for the first time in 2019, ice researcher James Kirkham felt a sense of foreboding. “It was about ...