Predicting the expected loss of ice sheet mass is difficult due to the complexity of modeling ice sheet behavior. To better understand this loss, a team of researchers has been improving the ...

New Year's Day, 2002. Without warning, a few large cracks in the Larsen B ice shelf appeared in satellite imagery. Within days, car-sized chunks of ice appeared in the water. Then shards of ice larger ...

How much sea level rise will coastal communities have to contend with by the end of the century, and beyond? Melt from the Earth’s ice sheets is already contributing to flooding throughout the U.S., ...

LIVERMORE, Calif.--The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets will make a dominant contribution to 21st century sea-level rise if current climate trends continue. However, predicting the expected loss of ...