When we think of global warming, what first comes to mind is the air: crushing heat waves that are felt rather than seen, ...

A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s ...

Cracking, creaking ice at the bottom of the world is quietly shaping the future climate you live in. New research from ...

Headlines about melting ice sheets usually focus on what is lost and then move on. What comes next is often overlooked, even ...

Though ice sheet melting is widely talked of and debated, there is limited knowledge about what happens after the period of melting. Researchers dig into this "after" period and see how it relates to ...

Understanding what happens to Antarctica’s ice matters, because as it melts, sea levels rise, affecting lives and economies ...

Antarctic sea ice has been melting rapidly, and this, in addition to being a scientific concern, has become a concrete threat to global climate balance. The melting ice cover has been observed in ...

The continent’s ice is melting and raising sea levels worldwide. Our journalists will be sending regular dispatches as they ...

Ultimately, researchers determined that prior climate models omitted key features and underestimated the extent to which warm ...

A sophisticated unmanned submarine transmitted valuable data to its operator before disappearing in Antarctic waters.

After 10 days with only the open ocean and the occasional iceberg at our sides, sailing into the sea ice felt like crossing ...

If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.