Climate change is likely to have an explosive consequence: volcanic eruptions. Antarctic glaciers have been slowly melting as ...

Mountain communities are experiencing the devastating effects of accelerating glacial retreat, with rising temperatures ...

Scientists link Antarctic record sea ice loss to an unexplained spike in ocean salt levels, raising concerns about ocean stability.

The Storis, named using a Scandinavian word that means “great ice,” will be the first new icebreaker to join the polar fleet ...

Melting ice is causing changes to the shoreline, animal behavior and even leading to new archaeological discoveries as centuries-old artifacts are revealed for the first time. Take a look at some ...

Melt from the Earth’s ice sheets is already contributing to flooding throughout the U.S., and globally, and is expected to ...

From more frequent wildfires to rising sea levels, climate change is disrupting ecosystems and upending once-stable weather patterns. One particularly alarming consequence of rising global ...

A top climate scientist says we may have crossed a dangerous tipping point in Antarctica—and the long-term fallout could be ...

The rate of glacial melt is higher than ever as a result of our warming Earth, corresponding to the loss of glaciers in ...

Researchers measuring the salinity of the Southern Ocean did find unexpected results, but some online reports got the details ...

The most alarming case may be West Antarctica, where more than 100 active volcanoes lie buried beneath the ice. One glacier ...

Melting glaciers in Greenland are unleashing hidden methane and shifting soils from carbon sinks to warming sources.