Ignored for most of its existence, the huge ice-bound island has been thrust into a geopolitical maelstrom. It’s trying to ...

The polar vortex’s icy grip on much of America has Arctic Greenland seeming like a toasty vacation spot by comparison.

Glaciers are huge white ice masses that can reflect a lot of sunlight. However, especially where the glaciers are not covered ...

New research reveals that ice algae can store nutrients which may enable them to colonize more of the ice sheet, darkening and melting it.

The vast landmass is melting quickly due to climate change, and may rapidly cause the complete loss of the island's ice.

While scientists once thought Greenland's ice streams flowed slowly and uniformly, new research reveals a quake-driven "stick ...

You had to catch a plane to Kangerlussuaq, a tiny town 320 kilometres away and the site of a former US Air Force base and, from there, fly in a hair-raising turboprop. Even the official visitor ...

What the visiting journalists weren’t told—nor were many of the soldiers living at the station, which could house up to ...

Ushering in the polar vortex is a winter storm, which was tracking from the Midwest toward the East Coast on Saturday. In ...

Pigmented algae are well adapted to grow on exposed ice in the Arctic as the snowline recedes, raising concerns of a feedback ...

Last April, Nasa scientist Chad Greene and his crew were flying over Greenland when their radar unexpectedly picked up ...