A groundbreaking study published inGeophysical Research Letters has revealed that Earth’s North and South Poles are shifting faster than ever before, with projections showing a potential shift ...

A salty surge in the Southern Ocean is melting Antarctic sea ice from below — and causing dramatic changes scientists didn’t ...

Hidden Planet Why melting ice sheets are making our days longer. As polar ice melts, water moves from the poles toward the equator — making our Earth bulkier and rotate slower.

As sea ice melts, it creates feedback that warms the Earth. New research shows that feedback is happening faster than previously estimated. As a result, there has been a 13-15 percent reduction in ...

The dramatic loss of sea ice around Antarctica has occurred with the re-emergence of the Maud Rise polynya in the Weddell Sea ...

Footage taken by the Fram2 crew from roughly 285 miles above the Earth’s poles. X/@framonauts. The crew shared a brief video of the frigid polar ice caps early Tuesday morning shortly after ...

How did complex life survive when Earth was frozen over? Scientists say tiny meltwater ponds on ancient ice may have been the ...

For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ...

NASA images reveal shallow ice beneath Mars’s surface, offering a promising water source for future astronauts and clues to ...

Your navigation system just got a critical update, one that happens periodically because Earth’s magnetic north pole keeps moving. Here’s what to know.

British explorer Sir James Clark Ross discovered the magnetic north pole in 1831 in northern Canada, approximately 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) south of the true North Pole.