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

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 ...

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

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

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

As melting sea ice reveals new trade routes, resources and battlegrounds, the Kola Bay is emerging as one of Russia’s most ...

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.

Rising temperatures are causing glaciers to lose ice at a rate higher than the average rate over past centuries.