For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ...

A climate tipping point is a critical threshold where a small environmental change can lead to dramatic and often ...

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are on course for rapid retreat, even collapse, leading to multiple feet of sea level rise even if the world pulls off the miraculous and keeps global ...

Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated ocean warming, faster loss ...

Satellite data shows that Antarctic ice sheets have grown in size, prompting claims that climate change is in reverse or even ...

In two recent studies, researchers suggest a weakening ocean current system is to blame for a persistent cold spot in the ...

Scientists have devised a way of writing and storing messages by creating patterns of air bubbles in sheets of ice.

New research has, for the first time, tracked ice shelf, sea ice and ocean swell wave conditions over multiple years in the ...

An ancient landscape, likely once home to rivers and forests, has been found beneath a mile of ice in Antarctica. The area, untouched for more than 34 million years, covers around 12,000 square miles ...

Ice sheet melting is the dominant contributor to rising seas and the rate of annual sea level rise has doubled over the past 30 years. It’s set to get worse.