“This is an unprecedented opportunity,” said Alison Criscitiello, a co-leader on the project and director of the Canadian Ice ...

Mass changes across the Antarctic ice sheet have been detected using satellite gravimetry, revealing significant ...

Melting ice due to climate change could alter the position of Earth's geographic poles. A recent study reveals the potential ...

A new study has found worrying signs that climate change may be undermining the capacity of Arctic fjords to serve as effective carbon sinks. The findings suggest that the capacity of polar oceans to ...

When a massive, black patch, known as a polynya, was spotted by NASA scientists for the first time, satellite operators were ...

Over the past two decades, satellite-based planetary observations have recorded rapid mass loss of Patagonian glaciers, contributing approximately 0.07 mm per year to global sea-level rise. A study ...

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

Ice doesn’t often make the news, but recent headlines have been hard to ignore. For instance, a new report finds that melting ...

Wearing overalls, layered sweatshirts, and a knit cap to fend off the chilly weather ... "What can we do here that will slow ...

Cvijanovic noted that some studies have been altering sea ice conditions in both the Arctic and Antarctic concurrently ... has been working on a way to restore polar ice caps that have been rapidly ...

Heard and McDonald Islands, two sub-Antarctic outposts located ... studied how volcanic activity and melting glaciers are reshaping the landscape. As ice retreats, new terrain is revealed ...

Studies have shown that if the entire Antarctic ice sheet melts, it could raise sea levels by an astonishing 200 feet. Ice caps melting along the Arctic coast. Image by Denis Burdin via Depositphotos ...