Antarctica’s total ice volume is now estimated at 27.17 million cubic kilometers (6.52 million cubic miles). The ice sheet ...

A recent study reveals the alarming rate at which glaciers are disappearing worldwide, reinforcing the urgency of the UN's International Year of Glaciers' Preservation.

The photo quickly went viral as it revealed the reality of Greenland's rapidly melting ice. In June 2019, a striking image of husky dogs apparently walking on water in Greenland stunned the world ...

There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land ...

Mar. 5, 2025 — Whether it's rivers cutting through earth, lava melting through rock, or water slicing through ice, channels all twist and bend in a seemingly similar back-and-forth manner.

a clue that may help explain why Arctic ice is melting even faster than predicted. "The Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on the planet, so the question we're trying to ask here is ...

Greenland lacks a road or rail network, so people rely on helicopters, planes and boats to get around. Rising temperatures and melting ice are meanwhile opening new and shorter shipping routes, ...

Arctic temperatures spiked 36 degrees Fahrenheit, or 20 Celsius, above normal. By the end of the month, sea ice was at its ...

Ice sheets are masses of glacial land ice extending more than 20,000 ... the map revealed that the ice sheet is at greater risk of melting due to the incursion of warm ocean water that’s ...

“On the west coast of Green­land, around a tenth of the ice melt is already caused by these mi­cro­scopic in­hab­it­ants. In some cases, they darken the gla­cier sur­face so much that is even vis­ible ...

As the planet warms, Antarctica's ice sheet is melting and contributing to sea-level rise around the globe. Antarctica holds ...