The western edge of the famed iceberg A-68 (TOP R), calved from the Larsen C ice shelf, is seen from NASA’s Operation IceBridge research aircraft, near the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula region, on ...

In 2016, a study found that adding a couple new processes to a model of the Antarctic ice sheets made them much more vulnerable to melt, greatly increasing global sea level rise—both this century and ...

A congressional oversight hearing will convene today to take a critical look at the oil and gas production process of hydraulic fracturing, a move that has put the industry on alert. Environmental ...

Approximately 20% of Antarctic ice shelves have collapsed since the 1970s, with hydrofracturing — where water enters through tiny crevasses and pushes the ice apart — thought to be the cause. Peter ...

Most of Antarctica’s vital ice shelves that encircle the continent remain frozen all year round and are stable, but fractures in their surfaces could make them vulnerable to rapid collapse if rising ...

James Panero touring a drill rig in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, the first step in natural gas extraction by means of hydrofracturing. Similar reserves exist twenty miles north across the New York state ...