The Prudhoe ice dome disappeared during a warm period 7000 years ago. Global warming could cause similar temperatures by 2100 ...
Other research confirmed troubling trends in polar regions. The Alps are facing record glacier loss in the coming decade, ...
Greenland appears at first glance to be fixed and unchanging, with clear borders on maps and solid land beneath the ice, but ...
Huge expanses of ice are melting alarmingly fast, raising new concerns about "catastrophic consequences for humanity," a study published May 20 says. The study focuses on two masses of ice currently ...
When the researchers first arrived at their field camp at Prudhoe Dome, atop the Greenland ice sheet, they felt they had been swallowed by a monster. The mountain of ice in northwest Greenland was ...
Scientists have built the most detailed 3D models yet of temperatures deep beneath Greenland. The results reveal uneven heat ...
A researcher at Rutgers University says climate change is real and that the consequences are potentially catastrophic for the world. For centuries, the enormous ice sheet covering the arctic island of ...
For most of us, first-hand knowledge of Greenland is probably limited to flying over it en route to North America. It’s likely that you’ve heard more about it over the last few months than in the rest ...
Greenland's ice sheet melted 17 times faster than the past average during a May heatwave that also hit Iceland, the scientific network World Weather Attribution (WWA) said in a report Wednesday. The ...
Despite the current Arctic air in place, January will go down in the books as a relatively mild month, with the mean airport temperature running 5.7 degrees above average through Jan. 28. The highest ...
The arctic island is the largest land ice contributor to rising sea levels. Greenland is known as the largest contributor to rising sea levels but a new study explores how the island's glaciers could ...
Understanding what happens to Antarctica’s ice matters, because as it melts, sea levels rise, affecting lives and economies ...