Sea ice extent in the Arctic has decreased by about 40 percent since 1979. New technologies are being deployed to regrow it.

A new study has shed unprecedented light on the highly variable and climate-sensitive routes that substances from Siberian rivers use to travel across the Arctic Ocean. The findings raise fresh ...

Arctic sea ice hit a historic low this winter, shrinking to the smallest extent ever recorded at its seasonal peak. NASA and ...

Scientists found "a beautiful, thriving ecosystem" in a dark and isolated location: The former shadow of a glacier.

Camp Century was built to store nukes beneath Greenland's ice. See photos of the underground, "Star Wars"-like site.

In November 2021, snow in South Greenland shrouded the ground when heavy rain fell, forming an ice crust and stranding hundreds of sheep in the rugged terrain. Most perished following this ...

Antarctica’s summer sea ice has dropped to one of its lowest extents ever recorded, shrinking to levels 30% below the ...

This season, more than 20 people died in avalanches in the U.S. Can mountains be safer? By Judson Jones and Lily Boyce Every avalanche starts with a snowflake. The shape of the snowflake, what ...

This year’s peak ice cover was 1.32 million square kilometers below the average levels recorded between 1981 and 2010, ...

What is measuredThis indicator measures the total volume of ice in glaciers greater than one hectare in area throughout ...

The Arctic reaches its maximum sea ice in March each year and then starts a six-month melt season. The National Snow and Ice Data Center said the peak measurement taken Saturday was 5.53 million ...

As soon as Colossal Biosciences declared that it brought the dire wolf back from extinction, everyone felt a sense of wonder.