The concept of all Earth’s ice melting might sound like a scene from a science fiction movie, but it is a scenario that ...

The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for ...

The meltdown extends beyond the Arctic. Antarctica recently flirted with a record low in its own annual sea ice minimum – ...

Sea ice plays many important roles for the global climate: Its white surface can reflect energy back into space, helping the ...

To make matters worse, NASA scientists also discovered that, this year, summer ice in the Antarctic retreated to 764,000 square miles (1.98 million square kilometers) as of March 1, tying for "the ...

For the first time, scientists have captured detailed measurements of water vapor high above Greenland’s vast ice sheet.

Modern society, and the clean energy revolution, depend on rare earth elements. Can Greenland help break China’s stranglehold ...

Freshwater from melting ice sheets can slow the critical ocean circulation that helps regulate the planet’s climate ...

Samples drilled from deep beneath the sea have revealed just how much global sea levels changed following the last ice age ... from modern instruments on how Earth responds to various changes.