Glacial earthquakes are rocking the Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica. Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake ...
There's evidence trapped in ancient ice that during warm periods millions of years ago, the ice-free Southern Ocean responded ...
Researchers studied the cracks in the shear zone over the span of two decades. They discovered that the fracturing happened in two phases. According to the study, long shear fractures would expand, ...
The ocean end of the Thwaites Glacier is being hit by various earthquakes, which can increase the sea levels rapidly if the ...
Instead, the most prolific period of glacial earthquakes at Thwaites, between 2018 and 2020, coincides with a period of accelerated flow of the glacier’s ice tongue towards the sea. The ice-tongue ...
Thwaites Glacier is the size of Florida, and if it melted away fully, it would add 2 feet to global sea-level rise. But scientists say that could be avoided.
Most of the recorded glacial earthquakes were discovered along the coast of Greenland, the largest ice cap in the Northern ...
Hundreds of earthquakes have been detected rattling Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, also known as the Doomsday Glacier — the ...
Scientists said earthquakes have been shaking the Antarctic’s Thwaites Glacier, also known as the Doomsday Glacier.
The Thwaites Glacier, an enormous shelf of ice in the Antarctic, has been given the ominous nickname of the “Doomsday Glacier” — because if it were to change collapse, it could have profound ...
Teams of scientists sailing to Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier, nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier, are having trouble getting there. A giant iceberg, spawned by the falling apart Florida-sized glacier, and ...
Seven thousand years ago, a major section of Greenland’s ice sheet disappeared entirely. New research confirms it will happen ...