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

Scientists are warning that volcanoes buried under ice sheets are not as dormant as they look. As glaciers thin and retreat, ...

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 ...

Numerous studies have demonstrated that rising temperatures are causing Arctic and Antarctic ice to melt. However, research suggests that another factor is contributing to polar ice melting at an even ...

Two papers published in Nature Geoscience in June indicate that Antarctic ice shelves are melting more rapidly than previously anticipated. The papers detail two distinct mechanisms for melting that ...

The Arctic is changing rapidly, and scientists have uncovered a powerful mix of natural and human-driven processes fueling that change. Cracks in sea ice release heat and pollutants that form clouds ...

Deep in Antarctica sits a massive slab of ice known as the Thwaites Glacier. Scientists often call it the “Doomsday Glacier,” ...

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 ...