Giant icebergs once scraped the seafloor near Britain, offering clues about ancient ice shelves and future sea-level rise.

Wealthy adventurers and bucket listers rub shoulders with scientists looking to gather data as funding vanishes under the ...

A new study has found worrying signs that climate change may be undermining the capacity of Arctic fjords to serve as effective carbon sinks. The findings suggest that the capacity of polar oceans to ...

Armed with lab equipment and two months of food and clothes, around 60 researchers boarded the RSV Nuyina icebreaker ship for its first scientific voyage in March. They are taking part in the Denman ...

As the world heats up, vast numbers of microbes frozen in vast amounts of ice are set to thaw. We must prepare ...

New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...

The photo of sled dogs trudging through meltwater atop the Greenland ice sheet offers stunning shades of blue — and a ...

Over the past two decades, satellite-based planetary observations have recorded rapid mass loss of Patagonian glaciers, contributing approximately 0.07 mm per year to global sea-level rise. A study ...

Around 10,000 years ago, as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading in the Atlantic Ocean, may have temporarily sped up—with a little help from ...

A rare pack ice killer whale has been filmed in Antarctica, providing a remarkable look at the behavior and struggles of this ...

A trip to Antarctica might feel less like crossing the ocean and more like crossing the galaxy, but what happens there ...

While the Statue of Liberty may not be submerged, low-lying places like Ellis Island could be underwater. By 2100, sea-level ...