A newly discovered subglacial water network is playing a significant role in how Antarctica’s ice sheets move toward the ...

This cluster includes the collapse of the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets, a summer-ice-free Arctic, deglaciation of the Alps, death of tropical coral reefs, thawing of the northern permafrost ...

Pigmented algae are well adapted to grow on exposed ice in the Arctic as the snowline recedes, raising concerns of a feedback ...

T he world currently has less sea ice than ever before according to a new analysis, with both the Arctic and Antarctic ...

Researchers have discovered numerous tiny ice quakes occurring deep within Greenland's ice streams. These quakes contribute ...

The world's frozen oceans, which help to keep the planet cool, currently have less ice than ever previously recorded, ...

Extensive evidence, including global temperature and sea ice data, shows Earth's climate is changing due to human activity.

both of which can make the ice sheet flow faster into the ocean. Meanwhile, where the ice meets the sea, crevasses form the initial fractures from which icebergs can break off, increasing the ...

raised sea level, and the larger ramifications of global warming. Since Greenland's ice sheet is so integral to the global climate system, this study's findings could quite surely put new twists ...

A teenager feels lucky to be alive after a giant sheet of ice flew off a semi-truck and smashed her windshield when she was driving on a New Jersey highway. Milena Oberle, 19, says she suffered a ...

The world's frozen oceans, which help to keep the planet cool, currently have less ice than ... north-west Europe relatively mild. "If we see another strong winter loss [of Antarctic sea-ice ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more accurate projections of sea level rise. The team ...