For decades, scientists believed the Arctic Ocean was sealed under a massive slab of ice during the coldest ice ages — but new research proves otherwise. Sediment samples from the seafloor, paired ...

The extraordinary event temporarily shut down equipment at the ALMA Observatory, and the snow reached the telescope's main ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace.

A year-by-year "what if" filling in a century-long gap of Academy Awards recognition for noteworthy stunt artistry and design in Hollywood movies.

Donald Niedekker’s “Strange and Perfect Account From the Permafrost” offers an ambitious view of human history and is full of ...

Earth has not always been so hospitable to live. During several ice ages, the planet's surface was almost completely frozen over, creating what has been dubbed "Snowball Earth".

So why isn’t the Earth covered in ice right now? It’s because we are in a period known as an “interglacial.” In an ice age, temperatures will fluctuate between colder and warmer levels. Ice sheets and ...

What is an ice sheet? An ice sheet is a mass of glacial land ice extending more than 20,000 square miles. Ice sheets once covered much of the Northern Hemisphere during the ice age. Now, Earth has ...

The edge of the ice sheet is pictured south of Ilulissat, Greenland, September 17, 2021. A new study suggests that efforts to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius may not ...

The cool conditions which have allowed ice caps to form on Earth are rare events in the planet’s history and require many complex processes working at once, according to new research. A team of ...