Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica has been called the 'Doomsday Glacier' due to the catastrophic impact it could have on the ...

The 'Doomsday Glacier' in West Antarctica is one of the largest and most unstable in the world - and could flood major cities ...

Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier is melting quickly, fueling 4% of sea-level rise each year. The eastern region of Thwaites is shielded from warming ocean waters by a dam-like ice shelf .

The ice shelf is the floating tongue of the Thwaites glacier, a Florida-sized river of ice that helps to hold one of Antarctica’s two massive ice sheets in check.

Thwaites glacier in western Antarctica is the widest glacier on Earth, spanning about 80 miles (120 kilometers) and extending to a depth of about 2,600 to 3,900 feet (800 to 1,200 meters) at its ...

This 2020 photo provided by the British Antarctic Survey shows the Thwaites glacier in Antarctica. Starting January 6, 2021, a team of scientists are sailing to the massive but melting Thwaites ...

At about 5 a.m. last Tuesday morning, at latitude 74 degrees 57.4 S and longitude 106 12.8 W on the remote coast of West Antarctica, Thwaites glacier loomed up out of the fog and revealed itself ...

Deploying an underwater robot beneath a rapidly melting ice shelf in Antarctica, scientists have uncovered new clues about how it is melting. The findings will help assess the threat it and other ...