For the first time, scientists have captured detailed measurements of water vapor high above Greenland’s vast ice sheet.

To make matters worse, NASA scientists also discovered that, this year, summer ice in the Antarctic retreated to 764,000 square miles (1.98 million square kilometers) as of March 1, tying for "the ...

John Lyle, formerly of Fairbanks and now living in Hawaii, sent photos from the 1990s of snow oozing off his late friend Bill ...

Glacier melting is having real-world effects, demonstrating how much damage climate change can do. "There's a tide gauge down at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal," said Bell. "And sea levels have just ...

The Alaskan Volcano Observatory has shared new images of plumes of gas streaming out of Mount Spurr, which scientists suspect ...

Scientists using a submersible robot discovered patterns under the Antarctic ice that have never been seen before by humans.

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

Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving the planet ...

Scientists have some wild ideas to slow sea-level rise caused by melting ice. Glaciers generally move so slowly you can’t see ...

Many people living in the Himalayas, Andes, Alps, Rocky Mountains, Iceland, and Alaska have experienced glacial lake outburst floods of one type or another.

A newly published scientific study, (“Community estimate of global glacier mass changes from 2000 to 2023,” Nature, 19 ...

As global temperatures rise, glaciers are melting, creating dangerous glacial lakes. These lakes pose risks to downstream ...