If Antarctic ice continues to melt at its current rate, it could trigger a feedback loop which may lead to an increase in ...

It's about as remote as it gets, yet what happens in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica impacts all of us. And what's going on down there? Over the past few years, researchers have discovered dramatic ...

The Arctic is changing rapidly, and scientists have uncovered a powerful mix of natural and human-driven processes fueling ...

The Arctic is undergoing extreme melting as rising temperatures and climate patterns alter the natural cycles of its extreme ...

While the Milankovitch Cycles operate on timescales far longer than human lifespans, their effects are always at play.

A Penn State–led study reveals that sea-ice openings and industrial pollution amplify Arctic warming through cloud formation ...

More crevasse activity could lead to positive feedback loop threatening Greenland glacier's stability. In just five years, 930 million cubic meters of crevasses opened up in the Greenland ice sheet, ...

Dark algae that grow on the surface of Arctic ice sheets are likely to expand their range in the future, a trend that will exacerbate melt, sea level rise and warming. “These algae are not a new ...