When waves are moving across ice-covered seas, they can cause sheets of ice to bend and ultimately break. Understanding the ...

A pair of US researchers have developed a new model to tackle a deceptively simple problem: how a small block of ice melts while floating in calm water. Using an advanced experimental setup, Daisuke ...

Floating ice has taken a hold of the Hudson River in New York as temperatures dipped to dangerously low levels, and will ...

The flow of ice at Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica has sped up dramatically due to the disintegration of the ice shelf in front of it, and this could lead to faster sea level rise ...

A robotic float has measured the temperature and salinity from parts of the ocean never sampled before—underneath massive floating ice shelves in East Antarctica. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

Around 9,000 years ago, East Antarctica went through a dramatic meltdown that was anything but isolated. Scientists have discovered that warm deep ocean water surged beneath the region’s floating ice ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Discover the fascinating formation of pancake ice, a striking winter phenomenon where frigid temperatures and churning waves ...