The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are highly vulnerable to global warming and scientists are being increasingly worried about the possibility of large parts of the ice sheets collapsing, if ...

Oceans absorb nearly 90% of the heat trapped by greenhouse gases, accelerating ice loss across the Arctic, Greenland, and ...

The fates of coastal cities worldwide, from New York to Manila, depend on a vast but little-understood Antarctic glacier that is losing ice alarmingly quickly. Now, extensive research efforts in the ...

A study has revealed that the substantial retreat of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) approximately 9,000 years ago was driven by a self-reinforcing feedback loop between ice melt and ocean ...

Seems like the clock is ticking on Antarctica’s ice sheet.When we look at Antarctica, most of us see a far-off, icy world where the penguins live — we don’t think it has anything to do with our own ...

A new study reveals that a massive ice sheet covered Europa one million years earlier than previously thought.