It’s one of several arrows that have been surfaced from Norway’s melting ice in recent years. Pilø says the favorite artifact he’s found was a 1,400-year-old wooden arrow with a blunt end.

The dramatic loss of sea ice around Antarctica has occurred with the re-emergence of the Maud Rise polynya in the Weddell Sea ...

A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, and sea ice is melting at record speed, enough to match the size ...

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A Volcanic Network Hidden Under Ice. Antarctica, often seen as a frozen, lifeless wasteland, is anything but static. The West Antarctic Rift System is a volcanic hotspot, harboring over100 ...

Recent temperatures in Greenland’s ice sheet—one of the primary culprits behind rising seas—were the warmest they’ve been in at least 1,000 years, according to a new report, as scientists ...

Melting ice at the poles due to climate change may impact the Earth's spin, altering our global clock. According to a new paper in the journal Nature, the "leap second" due to be added to ...

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While it doesn’t appear that we can do anything to stop the West Antarctic Ice Sheet from melting down, we still need to control and reduce our overall greenhouse gas emissions. Tech. Entertainment.

However, while acknowledging the possibility, most volcanologists remained cautious about how much ice would need to melt to trigger such effects, and how likely this might be.