Where is 'Doomsday Glacier', and what's the story behind this ominous nickname?

The Thwaites Glacier, nicknamed the 'Doomsday Glacier,' is a massive Antarctic ice body crucial for global sea levels. Its position on descending bedrock makes it vulnerable to marine ice sheet ...

To Study Antarctic Ice Rifts, You Have to Throw a Few ‘Bombs’

The fastest way into the gaps between gigantic blocks of a broken-up glacier is by lowering instruments from above, through ...
New Scientist

Weakening ice shelf has caused crucial Antarctic glacier to accelerate

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 ...
The New York Times

Journey to the Melting Continent

The New York Times is on an expedition to study Antarctica’s fastest-thinning glaciers. CreditCredit...Chang W. Lee/The New York Times For much of January and February, Raymond Zhong, a New York Times ...