Cutting-edge study reveals dark-pigmented microalgae's efficient nutrient uptake on Greenland ice sheet, intensifying melting and sea-level rise.

Yet this evolution of the icescapes and wild tundra above the Arctic Circle – outside of out-of-bounds Russia, which ...

The melting of the Greenland ice sheet is now the largest contributor to sea level rise, and scientists at UNH are traveling ...

As the frozen parts of our planet face rapid and unprecedented change, NSIDC has been sharing how and why its key features are changing.

That’s imprudent, because the Arctic’s climate is changing more rapidly than anywhere on Earth. Such rapid warming further ...

Most people probably think of glaciers as massive blocks of white ice. But many glaciers have dark patches because of the ...

Climate change is accelerating the melting of the world’s mountain glaciers, according to a massive new study that found them ...

The tiny ice inhabitants darken the glacier surface and can thus accelerate its melting.

Five percent of the world's glaciers have already melted according to a new study by researchers in Zurich and published in ...

Glaciers are melting rapidly, reducing ice and freshwater supplies, increasing sea levels, and threatening global water ...

Earth’s glaciers are melting at an unprecedented speed, with new research showing that 300 billion tons of ice are vanishing ...

A recent discovery in Greenland reveals a surprising factor that could accelerate the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet.