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30-Year Map Finds 12,800 km² of Antarctic Grounded Ice Lost as 77% of Coastline Holds

The radar-based record, published in PNAS, provides a required test for models forecasting sea-level rise.

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Apostle Islands Ice Caves Close Again After Storm Shatters Access Ice

Thermal Convection Likely Drives Greenland’s Deep Ice Plumes, Study Finds

Record 228-Meter Core Recovered Beneath West Antarctic Ice Points to Past Open Ocean

IceCube Completes First Expansion in 15 Years With Six New Detector Strings

Instruments Jam in Thwaites Drill, First Readings Show Warm, Fast Water Below

New Antarctica Map From Space Reveals Rugged World Beneath the Ice

Antarctic Ice Memory Sanctuary Opens, Stores First Alpine Cores

NASA: Antarctic Megaberg A-23A Turns Blue, On Verge of Disintegration

Global Study Counts Glacier Extinctions, Finding 1,000 Disappear Each Year

Study Warns of Mid-Century Peak in Glacier Loss, With 2,000–4,000 Disappearing Each Year

Study Finds Record Retreat of Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier

Scientists Date Antarctica’s Oldest Ice and Air to 6 Million Years at Allan Hills

Oldest Directly Dated Ice Found in Antarctica Is 6 Million Years Old

Study Finds Sierra Nevada Glaciers Have Endured Since the Ice Age Yet Could Vanish This Century

NASA Images Confirm New Island in Alaska’s Glacier Bay as Alsek Glacier Pulls Back

WMO Report: Global Water Cycle Is Growing More Erratic as Droughts and Floods Intensify

Arctic Sea Ice Hits 2025 Minimum, Tying 10th-Lowest Extent on Record

NASA Images Show Alaska’s Prow Knob Has Become an Island as Alsek Glacier Retreats

Italian Researcher Missing After Being Swept Into Mendenhall Glacier Moulin