Meltwater rivers flowing from Svalbard glaciers are carrying ancient methane from rocks beneath the ice into the open air, ...

Relatively few people have been to the Arctic, and even fewer have set foot in Antarctica. Most people rely on imagination ...

Will the sea rise by 20 cm or 3 meters by 2100? This is obviously an interesting question to answer. Predicting the sea level in 75 years requires precise calculations and correct models of the ...

At Everest Base Camp, around 1,600 tents spread across the Khumbu Glacier. There are kitchens, generators, showers, fast ...

Among the most important data ARCSIX scientists collected in Greenland were detailed measurements of low, thin clouds, such as those seen here. | Credit: Gary Banziger (NASA Langley) and Ralph Kahn ...

Melting ice is adding freshwater to Antarctic coastal waters, where lower salt levels can disrupt marine animals and even ...

New research reveals for the first time how a major Antarctic ice shelf has been subjected to increased melting by warming ocean waters over the last four decades. Scientists say the study -- the ...

Add to the long list of global warming concerns that melting ice caps could trigger more volcanic eruptions. Worse, researchers said Monday at a scientific conference in Prague, the increasing ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. As climate change slowly strips Antarctica of its glistening white ice, ...

Melting ice sheets are often considered synonymous with climate change in the media, with evocative images of lone polar bears floating on ever-shrinking rafts of ice. While impacts such as sea level ...