This week, a two-kilometer chunk of ice broke off the Ismoil Somoni Glacier in Tajikistan, roaring downstream for nearly ...

As ice continues to melt, more ancient artifacts are likely to surface after lying dormant for centuries. While there are valuable lessons to be learned from their emergence, they are also reminders ...

On the high plains of western China, the glaciers of Tibet stretch toward the horizon, glistening beneath the bright ...

Scientists have uncovered how massive underwater waves triggered by iceberg calving secretly fuel glacier melt in Greenland.

Learn how glaciers melt and contribute to seas rising in this animated explainer from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Ice excavated from deep under the surface of Antarctica has just yielded humanity's oldest directly dated samples of glacial ice and air ever found.

Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological ...

Antarctic Ice Shelves Reach Critical State by 2085 Ocean-driven melting could trigger rapid sea level rise if ice barriers ...

Greenland is writhing as eons of ice accumulation and steady melting cause its foundations to change shape. This deformation, ...

In the high Arctic, roughly 640km (about 400 miles) from the North Pole, a crescent of mountains and ice rises from the sea: ...

Researchers are sounding the alarm. Climate change is not only threatening the environment in South America, but also a key water supply for the people there.

Scientists discovered a peculiar “fish neighborhood," one more reason to designate the Weddell Sea as a Marine Protected Area.