As the last Ice Age waned and the Holocene dawned, deep-ocean circulation around Antarctica underwent dramatic shifts that ...

Drawing attention to the melting of the Arctic ice cap, United NationsSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon today underlined the urgency of implementing the Paris Agree ...

As the U.S. Coast Guard prepares to revitalize its icebreaking fleet, the Polar Star remains the only U.S. vessel capable of ...

A team of scientists from several U.S. institutions, including the University of Minnesota, discovered six million year old ...

St. Louis Blues forward Alexey Toropchenko is the latest hockey player to miss time in the NHL because of a bizarre off-ice ...

Mars has never looked more like a world in transition, with ice emerging as the quiet architect of its past and a crucial ...

Changes to what graduate degrees are considered to be ‘professional’ will impact how much federal financial aid college students are eligible for. Graduate degrees in areas like ...

Rich countries cannot make a genuine call for a road map if they continue to drive in the opposite direction themselves,” said Mohamed Adow of Power Shift Africa, referencing how some countries that ...

In the most remote settlement in Greenland, Hjelmer Hammeken’s life style has gone from something that worked for thousands of years to something that may not outlive him.

Despite the excitement surrounding the radar signals, researchers caution that liquid water beneath Mars’ south polar ice would be difficult to maintain under the planet’s extreme cold. Without highly ...

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

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. Growing up in Canada, I always considered the Arctic part of my ...