"A message to the future." Residents perform powerful ceremony for fading glacier near beloved village: 'We know ... what ...

Penguins could be playing a crucial role in stabilizing the climate in Antarctica when they go No. 2, according to new research.

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Across Antarctica, Greenland, and other polar areas, icy glaciers cover large areas of land and extend into the sea. These glaciers shrink and grow with the seasons. Jonathan Bamber of the University ...

If Earth stays at its current levels of warming — below policymakers’ goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius — polar ice sheets may melt ...

The disappearance of glaciers is also creating opportunities for the multibillion-dollar mining industry. Like migrating salmon, mineral exploration companies are moving quickly into areas exposed by ...

These 30 photos showcase the most mind-blowingly gorgeous, almost unreal places our world has to offer. Bolivia’s Salar de ...

Pakistan is at the frontline of the global climate crisis, and nowhere is this more visible — or more devastating — than in its rapidly melting glaciers. With nearly 10,000 glaciers retreating at an ...

Researchers are trying to rebuild sea ice above the Arctic Circle so it can reflect the sun’s warming rays, slowing climate ...

A haze of ice crystals in the air created a halo around the low sun as three snowmobiles thundered onto the sea ice on a ...

Bulat Mavlyudov not just explores the ice, he listens to it, watches its breath, and this conversation continues for half a century already ...