Cosmic dust trapped, or blocked, by Arctic ice allowed researchers to map 30,000 years of sea-ice history. Their findings ...

The Arctic landscape is changing at an unprecedented rate. In addition to rising temperatures, climate change is causing ...

Melting sea ice is a global issue with far-reaching consequences. As the Arctic and Antarctic are losing ice faster than expected, experts are noticing damaging ripple effects. Sea ice forms on the ...

This year's Arctic Report Card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds that the northernmost part of ...

While Antarctic meltwater drives rising sea levels, models show it also delays greenhouse gas-induced warming. That’s because ...

The Arctic has experienced its warmest and wettest year on record, a long-running study by the leading US atmospheric agency ...

Antarctica’s key glaciers are melting faster as underwater storms churn warm water upward. New research reveals surprising ...

Although the Trump administration has taken steps to scuttle or downplay other reports about climate change, this one struck ...

The Arctic has experienced its hottest year since records began, a US science agency announced Tuesday, as climate change ...

It's about as remote as it gets, yet what happens in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica impacts all of us. And what's going on down there? Over the past few years, researchers have discovered dramatic ...

Swirling underwater eddies are aggressively melting two Antarctic glaciers, a recent study found, including the one that could raise sea levels by multiple feet.

Warming temperatures appear to be driving genetic mutations in some polar bears to help them survive the shifting climatic ...