As the planet warms, glacier meltwater and a thawing permafrost could have contributed to destabilizing the rock.

Colombia and the Netherlands will host the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. The Conference is designed as a space for countries, subnational governments and other stakeholders...

The Antarctic Peninsula, part of the British Antarctic Territory, is a global biodiversity hotspot, and a focus of tourism, scientific and fishing operations. The region is warming rapidly, at up to t...

The Antarctic Peninsula is warming rapidly, with more frequent extreme temperature and precipitation events, reduced sea ice, glacier retreat, ice shelf coll...

16.02.2026 - The Antarctic ice sheet does not behave as one single tipping element, but as a set of interacting basins with different critical thresholds. This is the finding of a new study by the Pot...

With no Antarctica-style treaty to protect Greenland, a US takeover could mean scientists lose access.

With no Antarctica-style treaty to protect Greenland, a US takeover could mean scientists lose access.

The warning lights from the cryosphere have been flashing red for several years and governments and policymakers ignore this at their peril.

YouTube video by International Cryosphere Climate Initiative

International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI) is a network of senior policy experts and researchers aiming to spread cryosphere science and preserve the cryosphere's key role in Earth's climate s...

YouTube video by International Cryosphere Climate Initiative

YouTube video by International Cryosphere Climate Initiative

As the climate conference goes into its fifth day, with huge amounts still unresolved, there were reports that activists had blockaded the entrance to the centre

Proposals to artificially cool the world’s polar regions — to stem the impact of global warming — are both expensive, unfeasible and potentially dangerous, according to new scientific research.

Fossil-fuel burning is heating the planet with catastrophic consequences for its habitability and for the natural world on which our existence depends. Halti...