'We were surprised to see the penguins go for jellyfish'

Scientists at institutions in the United States and Australia have published a set of unprecedented ocean observations near the largest glacier of the largest ice sheet in the world: Totten glacier, East Antarctica. And the result was a troubling confirmation of what scientists already feared — Totten is melting from below.

'It’s difficult to say exactly when and how large these events will be,' says glaciologist, 'It’s a bit like trying to predict an earthquake'

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Changes could be weakening the ice shelf, scientists fear

However the current rate of sea level rise is expected to cause serious problems for major coastal cities over the next century – and Pacific islands are already disappearing beneath the waves

Numbers of the birdsplummeting in areas where global warming has had most impact 

Research suggests we are slowly awakening a process that, in the past, has utterly transformed one of the biggest ice sources on Earth

An iceberg the size of Rome has forced the penguins to trek 70 miles for food

The 55-year-old former Army officer died a mere 30 miles from completing Shackleton’s historic unfinished expedition

Lorius is a French glaciologist and climate-change expert whose discovery of palaeo-atmosphere information within polar ice cores helped prove man-made global warming

The footage comes courtesy of the Adélie penguins in Terre Adélie, Antarctica

'I've had icicles in places I didn't know existed'

Where to go and what to know

One researcher was found brewing beer in a laboratory

New studies show what experts say is the direct consequence of global warming on Magellanic penguins in South America