Ice sheet News

Greenland, the world's largest island, has been covered by a thick sheet of ice for thousands of years. But now it is under threat due to climate change. View Report

The new findings could help reveal if the Martian environment had flowing water and was once habitable.

A new study has revealed that if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, a melting Antarctica will bring a massive sea-level rise, pushing it almost 50 feet by 2500.

Have you ever wondered of how a glacier looks from above? Well, thanks to a team of Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) field campaign that we get to witness the beautiful image of Greenland's ice sheet taken from 40, 000 feet.

The Antarctic already today contributes to the annual sea level rise with 0.4 millimetres, as per scientific findings.

Clouds are raising the temperature of the Greenland ice Sheet and accounting for as much as 30 percent of the ice sheet melt, researchers say.

 Using an innovative technique to date one of Antarctica's ancient lake deposits, researchers have determined that the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, or EAIS, has remained frozen for the past 14 million years.

By itself, the Zachariae Isstrom glacier holds enough water to trigger a half-meter rise in ocean levels around the world.

The new study showed that despite dramatic increase in ice melt across Greenland in recent years, the speed of ice movement in some areas has slowed down rather than accelerated.