Ice caps on both poles of the planet are melting. And not just a few. All of them. If all this ice melted, it would be catastrophic. How much would the sea levels rise? How would this impact global ...

PARIS — Melting glaciers and ice sheets are raising sea levels while the Arctic is poised to log one of its worst winters on ...

New study shows melting Antarctic ice adds only a small amount of iron to the ocean. Most iron comes from deep water and sea floor sediments.

Scientists investigated the strange winter mishap known as tundra tongue and found when it can turn dangerous.

Icy moons circling the outer planets may be far more dynamic—and explosive—than they appear. New research suggests that when ...

Researchers are looking into our planet’s past to understand its future. Just like archaeologists investigate layers of dirt for ancient artifacts, geologists analyze layers in cores—tube-shaped ...

For the past three decades, glaciologist Helen Amanda Fricker has been investigating polar regions — the fastest changing ...

If all the ice of Greenland were to melt – albeit an impossible proposition during this century – that could result in 23ft of sea-level rise, or 7.4m, scientists say. Rising sea levels makes flooding ...

Dr Emma Boland from the British Antarctic Survey on why we should all pay attention to what is happening in the Southern ...

When a chunk of ice breaks off a glacier, that’s called calving. That can happen if the glacier gets warm or some other force ...

In northern latitudes and high altitudes, permafrost stays frozen year-round, holding mountain summits together. As global temperatures rise, much of it thaws, loosening soil and increasing landslide ...

Even when the idea of terraforming Mars was originally put forward, the idea was daunting. Changing the environment of an entire planet is not something to do easily. Over the following decades, ...