The Hektoria Glacier measures 296 square kilometers, approximately half the size of the city of Madrid, in Spain, and retreated eight kilometers. A glacier on the eastern Antarctic peninsula has ...

(CNN) — An Antarctic glacier shrunk by nearly 50% in just two months, the fastest retreat recorded in modern history, according to a new study — and the way it retreated could have big implications ...

(CNN) — An Antarctic glacier shrunk by nearly 50% in just two months, the fastest retreat recorded in modern history, according to a new study — and the way it retreated could have big implications ...

The recent rapid retreat of an Antarctic glacier could be unprecedented, a new study suggests, a finding which could have major implications for future sea-level rise. The researchers found that ...

In the past, when West Antarctica melted, there was a rapid uptick in onshore geological activity in the area.