This new record low is yet another indicator of how Arctic sea ice has fundamentally changed from earlier decades,” said ...

Researchers found increased meltwater and rain explain 60% of a decades-long mismatch between predicted and observed temperatures in the ocean around Antarctica.

Sea ice plays many important roles for the global climate: Its white surface can reflect energy back into space, helping the ...

Stanford researchers discovered that increased meltwater and rainfall account for 60% of the decades-long gap between ...

Much of the ice in the Arctic winter is known as multiyear ice because it can be built up over periods as long as a decade.

Part of the system that pumps water, heat and nutrients around the globe is at risk. Climate change could slow the Antarctic ...

Around 14,500 years ago, toward the end of the last ice age, melting continental ice sheets drove a sudden and cataclysmic ...

Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers ...

The extent of sea ice blanketing the Arctic this winter fell to the lowest level on record, researchers announced this week, ...

Climate models have predicted that the ocean surrounding Antarctica should be warming, but new research shows that it's ...