For the first time, scientists have measured the marine environment near the melting mega-iceberg A-68A, providing invaluable ...

That’s double the amount of melting that took place from 1975 to 2000, revealing that the ice loss is accelerating with rising temperatures.

A fresh set of numbers is changing what scientists thought happens when a city‑sized slab of ice dissolves into the sea. The ...

New research has, for the first time, tracked ice shelf, sea ice and ocean swell wave conditions over multiple years in the ...

New research explores the wide-ranging consequences of record low summer sea ice in Antarctica. From more ocean warming to ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater ...

The snowy peaks of the Himalayas - the abode of our gods, the source of sustenance with its rivers, and the getaway of the initiated- are melting at an unprecedented pace. As temperatures rise, the ...

A sailor recently spotted a rare black iceberg off the coast of Labrador, Canada. According to experts, the iceberg could be ...

As climate change leads to warming global temperatures, nature’s time capsules —a.k.a. glaciers, permafrost, and icebergs—are melting and exposing millennia of history. Whether they be mummified ...

Karen Jorgenson, left, helps Torre Jorgenson describe permafrost soils and site characteristics along the Hulahula River in 2013. The aquatic chemistry and flow rates in Interior Alaska’s ...

Because of its apparent smoothness, the scientist suggested that the iceberg could be anywhere from 1,000 to 100,000 years old. "Over time, as it travels... it's melting away," Tarasov said.

It would take a long time for this debris to become as uniformly mixed through as it appears to be in Antoniussen's berg, suggesting that the chunk of ice is quite old – from 1,000 up to 100,000 years ...