Some of the most dangerous ice, according to outdoors officials, is what's known as "shelf ice" forming along the Great Lakes ...

Shelf ice forms when water and winds wash ice onto the shore at places like Lake Michigan. While it creates a natural wonder, ...

A study published in Geophysical Research Letters in March showed that the Ross Ice Shelf slips daily, reported Washington University in St. Louis, in a story posted by SciTechDaily. According to ...

Drone footage captured adults and children venturing out onto a slippery ice shelf on Lake Michigan's southern shore, despite ...

cracks and splits away from Antarctica, the world watches in stunned silence as nature displays its unstoppable power. The sight of an enormous slab of ice, sometimes the size of entire countries, ...

(AP) - Four dozen Antarctic ice shelves have shrunk by at least 30% since 1997 and 28 of those have lost more than half of their ice in that time, reports a new study that surveyed these crucial ...

A diagram from a scientific study illustrating where Antarctic ice shelves have grown or receded over a decade is being shared on social media as evidence that Antarctica’s overall ice mass is ...

Across the state line in Michigan, fire departments have been warning the community to stay off this ice for days now. “If you fall into the lake, the water is still moving. So, if you fall in, you ...

Hidden holes in the shelf ice mounds can lead to a quick drop into the icy water with little to no chance of climbing out.

Extreme precipitation events in Antarctica, which are mostly dominated by snowfall due to sub-zero temperatures, also include rainfall, according to new research. BAS scientists studying atmospheric ...

ST. JOSEPH, MI (WSBT) — The ice shelf on Lake Michigan brings both beauty and danger. However, officials urge visitors at the beach to be aware. While it may look like a continuous sheet of ice, in ...

It is relatively common for ice shelves in Antarctica to spawn icebergs. It is less common for an ice shelf to completely disintegrate. In March 2022, an ice shelf in East Antarctica did both. The ...