The small, striped plane rolled to a stop on a snow-covered airstrip in a remote western Alaska village not far from where a ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...

Greenland's ice sheet currently spans over 1.7 million square kilometers and is the largest freshwater reservoir in the ...

Crevasses play an integral part in the life cycle of glaciers, and as they grow they hold the potential to further accelerate ...

Greenland’s Ice Sheet is cracking open at the seams, literally falling apart at speeds indicative of the brutal and ...

This finding will allow the flowing of the ice sheet and associated changes in sea level to be estimated more accurately. The great ice streams of the Antarctic and Greenland are like frozen ...

Maps created by combining different models of glaciers and ice sheets reveal the way water is flowing deep beneath Antarctica ...

Researchers identify a new mechanism that allows avalanches containing a mixture of rock and ice to travel very long distances.

ESA and NASA Satellites Deliver First Joint Picture of Greenland Ice Sheet Melting Dec. 20, 2024 — Scientists have delivered the first measurements of Greenland Ice Sheet thickness change using ...

The Greenland ice sheet is the second largest body of ice on Earth and has been losing mass at an accelerating rate in the past few decades - with scientists warning of catastrophic consequences ...