This is one of the main indicators of the climate crisis. The melting ice caps, with their cumulative surface area around the two poles reaching a historic low in February, have many repercussions: ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden Antarctic threat that could accelerate global sea level rise far faster than expected. Deep beneath floating ice shelves, long channels carved into the ice appear to ...

Global sea levels may rise faster than previously expected, suggests a new study in Nature Communications. The reason is that warming oceans appear to be melting Antarctic ice shelves from below much ...

Sea ice around Antarctica expanded for several decades until a dramatic decline in 2015. The reasons behind this are revealed by research led by the University of Gothenburg, which is published in ...

When Climate and Volcanoes Collide It’s well known that major volcanic events can influence the climate. But—as it turns ...

Global warming is melting ice in Antarctica faster than ever before — about six times more per year now than 40 years ago — leading to increasingly high sea levels worldwide, scientists warned Monday.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Antarctic meltwater may speed ice loss by reshaping ocean circulation, raising concerns that sea-level forecasts are too low.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sea-level rise changes coastlines, putting homes at risk, as Summer Haven, Fla., has seen. Aerial Views/E+/Getty Images When polar ...

NASA’s Earth Observatory released images of dramatic melting of ice caps on Antarctica taken at a time earlier this month when the continent recorded record high temperatures. NASA Earth Observatory ...

A popular climate theory suggested that melting Antarctic glaciers would release iron into the ocean, sparking algae blooms that pull carbon dioxide from the air. New field data from West Antarctica ...

A rare dataset collected by instruments at the point where Antarctica’s largest ice shelf begins to float reveals ocean processes that drive melting at this critical part of the continent. During a ...

Below the Antarctic ice lies a treasure trove of minerals, including copper, iron, gold, silver, platinum and cobalt. Warming temperatures due to climate change could unearth these minerals and, in ...