An analysis of the expansion of cracks in the Thwaites Glacier over the past 20 years suggests that a total collapse could be ...

Satellite images have offered scientists an update on the status of the Doomsday Glacier, which they say indicates sea levels ...

The Thwaites Glacier, located in West Antarctica and popularly nicknamed the “Doomsday Glacier,” holds enough ice to raise global sea levels by about 65 ...

Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica is changing more quickly than almost any other ice-ocean system on the planet. Scientists ...

The Thwaites Glacier's eastern ice shelf is crucial for its stability, supported at its northern end by an ocean floor ridge. However, research by the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration ...

The Araon (pronounced “ah rah own”) is roughly 360 feet long and can break through a meter of flat ice at a speed of 3 knots, ...

The Araon (pronounced “ah rah own”) is roughly 360 feet long and can break through a meter of flat ice at a speed of three ...

Scientists using ice-breaking ships and underwater robots have found the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is melting at an accelerating rate and could be on an irreversible path to collapse, spelling ...

The calving front of Thwaites' ice shelf. The blue area is light reflecting off ice below the water. James Yungel/NASA Icebridge Thwaites Glacier drains a huge area of Antarctica’s ice sheet – about ...

Earthquakes recorded under the Thwaites Glacier reveal processes of fracturing and sliding of the ice over the Antarctic bedrock.

Thwaites Glacier is the widest glacier on Earth and a crucial component of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which is already experiencing significant ice loss. Much of this glacier rests on bedrock below ...

Thwaites, the most studied glacier in the world, commands attention because it is not only the widest in the world at 80 miles but also the shakiest. And ...