Scientists explored the seafloor after an iceberg broke off the Antarctic ice sheet. They were shocked by what they found.

The updated map of Antarctica clearly shows the landscape beneath its massive ice sheet, including its tallest mountains and ...

A new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed.

Greenland's ice sheet has been losing a staggering amount of ice at an accelerating rate. A tipping point could come by the turn of the next century, a new study warns.

Powerful storms called atmospheric rivers, which scientists think will become more intense as the planet warms, can replenish Greenland’s vanishing ice sheet if their timing is right 1.

As global temperatures rise, the world’s ice sheets and glaciers have begun to melt. Despite the freezing conditions, many animals have evolved to live in the cold tundra biome. In the northern ...

New evidence has led to an update of when an ancient ice sheet that used to cover large portions of North America melted – a discovery has implications for modern ice sheets and glaciers in the face ...

Greenland’s ice sheet is the second-largest ice cap on Earth, and because of the planet’s rising temperatures, it’s melting. Human-induced climate change is intensifying atmospheric rivers ...

Dark algae that grow on the surface of Arctic ice sheets are likely to expand their range in the future, a trend that will exacerbate melt, sea level rise and warming. “These algae are not a new ...