Sea ice plays many important roles for the global climate: Its white surface can reflect energy back into space, helping the ...

Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving the planet ...

For the first time, researchers have collected detailed measurements of water vapor high above the surface of the Greenland ...

The Arctic Ocean likely had the smallest winter ice cover in 47 years of satellite records this season, with just 5.53 ...

The losses in soil moisture already pose issues for farming, irrigation systems and critical water resources for humans. But ...

Martian lake beds and deltas reveal the Red Planet’s watery past. But many puzzles remain, scientist Bruce Jakosky says.

The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully detected auroras on Neptune for the first time ever, finishing a job that ...

Auroras occur when solar flares interact with the magnetic field of a planet. They have been detected on Jupiter, Saturn, and ...

With avalanches burying workers in February, heatwaves scorching cities in March, and cyclones defying seasonal norms, India ...

According to scientists, this ambipolar electric field is thought to be just as crucial to Earth as both gravity and ...

A new 28-minute film explores the medical, social, political and ethical challenges of parenthood and child-rearing that ...

Turkana IV was the colony from which Tasha and Ishara Yar hail, described as a 'failed' Earth colony. In Section 31, Jamie ...