Antarctica has lost sea ice equivalent in area to Greenland – and it has not returned, according to new satellite data. This ...

Even the current level of global warming may already have locked in unstoppable ice melt, with a major new study warning of ...

Scientists find rising ocean salinity in Antarctica, reversing decades-long trends and accelerating sea ice loss.

Arctic faces a new threat. Soot from Canada's massive wildfires darkens ice and snow. This speeds up melting. The albedo ...

The conversation on Greenland "can never be about annexation", Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has said.

Using European satellite data, research led by the University of Southampton has discovered a sudden rise in surface salinity ...

This anomaly, which has cooled even as surrounding waters have warmed, is now better understood thanks to new research led by ...

These stunning, prize-winning images of nature seen from above reveal a new perspective of our planet’s landscapes, oceans ...

Contrary to the dry weather pattern witnessed in June, the summer month of May had seen a good amount of rainfall because of the early onset of the southwest monsoon. The rainfall in May cannot be not ...

Long-lost 1960s aerial photos let Copenhagen researchers watch Antarctica’s Wordie Ice Shelf crumble in slow motion. By ...

Research involving the University of Liverpool has discovered a trend of increasing surface meltwater in East Antarctica. In ...

Melting polar ice is slowing the Earth’s rotation, but not enough to offset an even greater acceleration caused by changes in ...