Moonshot proposals to save the planet’s ice sheets are gaining popularity as the planet heats up. But none of the most ...

Melting ice in the Arctic is causing a series of environmental issues that extend beyond the polar areas. The swift loss of ...

Recent studies show that microbes living in Arctic snow and ice are playing an outsized role in how quickly glaciers melt.

Scientists are beginning to take clear sides on whether or not to use human-made interventions to preserve polar ice, such as ...

They worry further research will detract from emissions reductions and have made the case as to why the five most considered ...

Various proposals, including refreezing Arctic ice and giant underwater sea curtains to save ice sheets have been gaining ground in the midst of worsening climate conditions. A new study ...

While digging is the classic method of finding out "what's under this", there are of course many other options available. By ...

This virus, along with several others, had been inactive so far. Scientists hope to study its effects if the climate crisis ...

Our planet continues to warm because of greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. The polar regions are especially ...

TORONTO A chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canada's northern Arctic, another dramatic indication of how warmer temperatures are changing the ...

Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than the other continents—a great sheet of ice set in contrast to the dark ...

U.S. and Norwegian special operations forces test ice thickness to establish a landing zone for a helicopter during an Arctic training exercise. (MCC Jeff Atherton/U.S. Navy) This article is ...