The Arctic might soon become completely ice-free. And when all of the ice is gone, the world won't be the same. And while ...

A research vessel in international Arctic waters near Russia unearthed a new development in the rapid melting of the ice caps that could have significant ramifications for the polar ecosystem. A team ...

As summer wanes in the Northern Hemisphere, scientists are sounding the alarm over what could be one of the most extreme Arctic melt seasons in recorded history — a shift with potentially far-reaching ...

Research indicates that the Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the planet, posing a serious problem for the ...

Seven thousand years ago, a major section of Greenland’s ice sheet disappeared entirely. New research confirms it will happen ...

The ice floe has cracked in two. To the untrained eye, the floe appears vast and unchanging. In nearly every direction, a sculpture garden of snow and ice stretches toward the horizon, where it ...

A research team led by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) scholars has discovered a significant slowdown in Arctic sea ice melting since 2012, with a decrease rate of 11.3% per ...