Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

Sue Halliwell marks the 150th anniversary of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s birth by tracing his ill-fated British ...

The world’s second largest body of ice – the Greenland Ice Sheet – is cracking open quicker than previously, scientists have ...

Crevasses play an integral part in the life cycle of glaciers, and as they grow they hold the potential to further accelerate ...

Observing Greenland from a helicopter, the main problem is one of comprehending scale. I have thought we were skimming low ...

As new sea passages open up, the commercial and defence possibilities are becoming irresistible. To take advantage, America desperately needs ships ...

The devastating health effects of lead exposure are well-documented, even at low levels. Modern studies highlight how lead ...

Did you know that ice melt is a major indicator of climate change? 🌍 As we explore the facts about Greenland and Antarctica, ...

Antarctica may be home to hundreds of thousands ... What if the iron stones were warming up to the point where they would actually melt the glacial ice beneath them and sink into it, perhaps ...

What they found raises questions about scientists’ assumptions about how the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica are moving ... predict how quickly the melting ice sheets will lift global ...