Our current models may have underestimated how fast our warming oceans are rising and how fast glaciers recede, a new study says.
A relict glacier in a surprisingly warm part of the planet could have implications for habitability.
The petroleum giant intends to install thermosyphons at the Willow Project to keep the ground frozen enough to enable fossil fuel extraction.
A robot swam under Thwaites glacier and found that melting is happening faster in these cracks.
A new analysis from the United Nations and IUCN found that glaciers in World Heritage sites are losing 58 billion metric tons of ice annually.
A new study looks at how Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier may have moved quickly in the past.
Two new studies drive home the urgency of curbing warming to keep the continent's ice sheets intact.
The collapse came a day after the mountain recorded record-high temperatures.
Researchers found that vegetation is increasing while snow cover is decreasing across the Alps.
Warmer weather has made the frigid continent more hospitable to two flowering plants, which are now proliferating.
"We’re watching a world do things we haven’t seen before" isn't something you want to hear to describe Antarctica's most imperiled ice.
Researchers attribute the dramatic levels of melting to increased temperatures and a drop in snowfall brought on by climate change.
The thawing permafrost releases methane and carbon dioxide, which worsen climate change. Dangerous bacteria and viruses are another risk.
Since the 21st century began, glaciers on the iconic California mountain have lost more than half of their volume and area.
Researchers found the strip of land while collecting samples in the Arctic.
Sunny skies and hot temperatures have contributed to a major meltdown. It's part of a worrying long-term trend of ice loss on the island.
Scientists are getting ready to go out for their annual glacier monitoring trip. But satellite images already paint a grim picture.
The ongoing climate crisis is not going to spare Siberia.
A new study points to an unusual cause behind the disaster that killed 200 in India this year.
At a park in the Italian Alps, researchers have unearthed a trove of World War I relics that was previously hidden beneath layers of ice and frost. The fascinating discovery is also a sign of a scary climate future. The team came upon the findings in a cave just below the peak of Mount Scorluzzo…
