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Iceworld Update: Grim Outlook For Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

A vast area of the Antarctic Ice Sheet continues to retreat as a UK-US group of scientists reveal new findings about how and when it might suddenly move towards collapse.

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Ice Planet Update: Mysterious Patterns Revealed Under An Antarctic Ice Shelf

An international research team deployed the uncrewed submersible ‘Ran’ underneath 350 m thick ice. They got back the very first detailed maps of the underside of a glacier, revealing clues […]

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