"It is hard to make firm predictions, because other mechanisms may pull in the opposite direction." Scientists stunned after ...

A team at the University of Colorado Boulder identified a process that caused a glacier in Antarctica to retreat faster than ...

Though Greenland appears as a vast blanket of ice, a secret world lies far below its frozen surface. Buried under nearly ...

In the 1990s, the Greenland Ice Sheet as well as the rest of the Arctic region were observed to be measurably thawing as a ...

Few complete skeletons remain of this gentle behemoth, who was destroyed by explorers and fur traders in the Arctic.

Researchers bundled in down jackets toiled around the clock in these snowy tunnels as a massive drill rig churned downward to extract core samples and the secrets they contain from the deepest ...

Melting polar ice is unleashing stronger, faster currents, reshaping heat flow, nutrient pathways, and microplastic movement ...

The depths of the Arctic Ocean have warmed more than scientists expected. New research has placed the blame on warmer water ...

Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In ...

Nov 13 - This is an excerpt of the Sustainable Switch newsletter, where we make sense of companies and governments grappling with climate change, diversity, and human rights on Tuesdays, Thursdays and ...

As the Arctic Ocean loses its sea ice due to climate change, sunlight penetrates deeper into the water and encourages the growth of tiny plant-like organisms (phytoplankton). But to thrive, they need ...