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The ‘doomsday’ glacier’s giant ice shelf is about to break away

The floating ice shelf of world’s widest glacier – Thwaites glacier in Antarctica – is detaching, with worrying implications for global sea-level rise

New Scientist 22d ago

The 'Doomsday Glacier' is poised to lose its ice shelf this year. An Antarctic researcher explains what that means for global sea levels

Thwaites Glacier is the largest glacier in West Antarctica, pictured here by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission in 2019.

Live Science 12d ago

Science news this week: Exploding rocket overshadows NASA's next steps to the moon, 'Doomsday Glacier' faces big loss, quantum computer AI hybrid shows impressive results, and war deepens Iran's water crisis

Science news this week: Exploding rocket overshadows NASA's next steps to the moon, 'Doomsday Glacier' faces big loss, quantum computer AI hybrid shows impressive results, and war deepens Iran's water crisis May 30, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend Space dominated this week's science news, with NASA announcing its imminent next steps in plans to develop a permanent moon base being...

Live Science 10d ago

Two hikers capture terrifying video of charging grizzly bears at Glacier National Park

A pair of hikers got the scare of a lifetime while trekking through Glacier National Park over Memorial Day weekend when they found themselves face-to-face with not one, but two charging grizzly bears. The terrifying encounter was captured on video and later shared on Instagram by hiker Mason Van Zeeland, who was exploring the Montana park with Alyssa Olsen when the pair crossed paths with the bears. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICKAccording to ABC News, other hikers had warned...

Fox News 8d ago

Stonehenge's altar stone probably wasn't transported by a glacier

Researchers investigating the origins of Stonehenge’s enigmatic altar stone say it is possible that the 6-tonne rock was carried southwards from Scotland by a glacier – but this hypothesis relies on an unlikely series of events, making it more likely that humans transported it. The 5-metre-long monolith, which is partially buried and overlain by two other stones, has been in its present location, at the centre of Stonehenge’s ring of worked boulders, for around 4500 years. In 2024,...

New Scientist 5d ago

Glaciers in the 'roof of the world' have suddenly started melting

Until recently, the Pamir mountains in central Asia have bucked the global melting trend, but in 2025, the region’s glaciers experienced a massive loss of ice due to extreme heat

New Scientist 12d ago

'Poised to disintegrate': Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' is set to lose its ice shelf this year

Thwaites Glacier has been melting rapidly since the 1980s.

Live Science 13d ago