Scientists drilling deep beneath Greenland’s ice have uncovered a startling clue about its past—and future. Evidence shows ...

Observations suggest a major melting event at the Ross Ice Shelf was connected to atmospheric turbulence. The Ross Ice Shelf ...

Ross Island, in its entirety a mere 2,500 square kilometres, is home to about eight per cent of the world’s Adélie penguins — ...

The Earth maintains its temperature by balancing incoming and outgoing energy. The light and heat energy from the sun is ...

Large ice ridges formed along the shoreline of Lake Superior in Ashland, Wisconsin, after strong winds pushed broken ice ...

A decade ago, southern sea ice suddenly and dramatically declined. Scientists say the culprit was a 'very violent release' of ...

LANZHOU -- Facing the acceleration of glacier flow within the Antarctic Peninsula, a group of Chinese researchers has figured ...

Glaciers can reveal vast archives of information about Earth's environmental past, but deciphering the origins of the matter ...

Over the past three decades, Antarctica’s ice sheet has lost its grip on roughly 12,820 square kilometers of seafloor, an ...

Hidden pathways inside sea ice control how it melts and supports life, and those pathways are now changing as the climate ...

Venice is renowned for its unique canal system and popular gondolas - but the 'Floating City' might have to be relocated to ...

Facing the acceleration of glacier flow within the Antarctic Peninsula, a group of Chinese researchers has figured out that such a phenomenon was caused by the upper-ocean warming. Antarctica is ...