While researchers lose sleep over the rapidly melting ice sheets in the poles, studies suggest it is how history is repeating ...

ESA and NASA Satellites Deliver First Joint Picture of Greenland Ice Sheet Melting Dec. 20, 2024 — Scientists have delivered the first measurements of Greenland Ice Sheet thickness change using ...

A new study found on Wednesday that part of Greenland’s ice sheet is thinning further inland than previously believed, which is likely to lead to a greater rise in sea levels by the end of this ...

The icy blue shirt is inspired by the Greenland Ice Sheet, which covers 80% of the land mass and is the second largest body of ice in the world – behind only that in Antarctica. The enduring ...

The U.S. would inherit an environmental dilemma of its own making if it lays claim to the massive Arctic island.

The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend. Two kilometers thick on average and covering nearly twice the area of Australia, the ice sheet holds enough freshwater to raise ...

Yes, Greenland is cold, really cold. Most of its climate is arctic tundra; generally, winter temperatures sit well below zero ...

New images from the North Sea show never-before-seen landforms that were carved by a single, colossal ice sheet 1 million years ago and subsequently buried beneath a thick layer of mud ...

Some experts say that Greenland could have been warmer at the time, but starting in the 15th century it experienced what is known as "The Little Ice Age." ...

Lurking beneath the massive, 1–2 kilometer-thick slab of frozen water lies an active volcanic rift, seething away in the deep, in the darkness. If the ice sheet melts sufficiently, the changes in ...

Greenland is in the headlines as President-elect Trump threatens to buy or simply take the territory — perhaps along with Canada and Panama. Some media outlets have suggested this is no mere ...