An audacious NASA mission suggests that dust blown north from Greenland couldhelp explain why Arctic ice is melting even ...

The “city under the ice” revealed a hidden chapter of the Cold War era and gave rise to a new field of scientific inquiry. As ...

Arctic temperatures spiked 36 degrees Fahrenheit, or 20 Celsius, above normal. By the end of the month, sea ice was at its ...

These NASA scientists stumbled upon a “city under the ice” in Greenland, decades after it was abandoned during the Cold War.

Picture yourself pouring a liter of water into the ocean, the stream quickly disappearing into the surf. Now imagine every ...

A warmer Arctic means land ice — glaciers and ice sheets — melts faster, adding to sea level rise. The Greenland ice sheet already sheds around 280 billion tons of ice a year, enough to cover ...

Those living in colder climates are no strangers to the occasional heavy snowfall, but few would be remotely prepared for 16 billion tons of snow dropping down in just a few days. As unthinkable as it ...

Melting at Record Rates The Arctic is melting at a pace that has alarmed scientists and environmentalists worldwide. This ...

Discover groundbreaking research on how algae are accelerating the melting of Greenland’s ice sheet. Learn about the ...