The trillion-ton slab of ice — called a megaberg — is currently aground near the South Georgia Island. A23a could affect the marine life on the island, including penguins and seals, as they use the ...

Caption Inland Antarctic ice contains volumes of water that can raise global sea levels by several metres. A new study published in the journal Nature shows that glacier ice walls are vital for ...

1976, Berger & Loutre 1991). Because the major changes in Earth's ice masses occurred in the Northern Hemisphere where much of the Earth's land surface presently resides, it is hypothesized that ...

The cool conditions which have allowed ice caps to form on Earth are rare events in the planet's history and require many complex processes working at once, according to new research. A team of ...

However, the effects of human-made climate change will be so long-lasting that they could prevent the next ice age from ever happening. "Such a transition to a glacial state in 10,000 years' time ...

The massive trillion-ton ice wall is known as A23a and has even been ... Elsewhere, a massive ocean was discovered beneath the Earth's crust containing more water than on the surface.

The Earth's next ice age is expected to begin in about 11,000 years -- unless human-caused global warming disrupts natural cycles. That's according to a new study published Thursday in Science ...