In the 1990s, the Greenland Ice Sheet as well as the rest of the Arctic region were observed to be measurably thawing as a ...

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Researchers bundled in down jackets toiled around the clock in these snowy tunnels as a massive drill rig churned downward to extract core samples and the secrets they contain from the deepest ...

The work is "very rewarding." Researchers make game-changing discovery while studying massive ice sheet: 'There's water ...

When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ...

A new study reveals the massive West Antarctic ice sheet did not completely collapse during the last warm period, as prior modeling had suggested. The findings offer some hope for the future of the ...

Research led by polar scientists from Northumbria University has revealed new hope in natural environmental systems found in ...

This story was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center. This story was made possible through the assistance of the U.S. National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs. Inside a tent ...

When sea ice melts and refreezes, it stirs vortices that pull warm deep water up, eroding Antarctica's shrinking ice shelves.

Observing Greenland from a helicopter, the main problem is one of comprehending scale. I have thought we were skimming low over the waves of a fjord, before noticing the tiny shadow of a seabird far ...

When talking about climate change, sea level rise is often brought up as one of the devastating consequences. Melting glaciers and emaciated polar bears have become infamous images over the decades, ...