Antarctica has lost sea ice equivalent in area to Greenland – and it has not returned, according to new satellite data. This ...

Even the current level of global warming may already have locked in unstoppable ice melt, with a major new study warning of ...

Melting polar ice is slowing the Earth’s rotation, but not enough to offset an even greater acceleration caused by changes in ...

Scientists find rising ocean salinity in Antarctica, reversing decades-long trends and accelerating sea ice loss.

Long-lost 1960s aerial photos let Copenhagen researchers watch Antarctica’s Wordie Ice Shelf crumble in slow motion. By ...

Research involving the University of Liverpool has discovered a trend of increasing surface meltwater in East Antarctica. In ...

Houston police said the unidentified couple were overcome by carbon dioxide while handling dry ice in their wine cellar on ...

Antarctica may seem pristine and almost devoid of life, but there's plenty of chemistry going on. Victoria Atkinson explains ...

Arctic faces a new threat. Soot from Canada's massive wildfires darkens ice and snow. This speeds up melting. The albedo ...

The Faverges glacial lake on the Plaine Morte above Lenk in the Bernese Oberland drained over the weekend. There was no ...

Step inside and you’re immediately transported to the heyday of American diners – a compact interior featuring just 16 red counter stools lined up before a well-worn wooden counter that’s witnessed ...

An international team of scientists say they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice that's at least 1.2 million ...