The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are melting fast, and the process may be impossible to stop, a new study has warned.

The world's two gigantic ice sheets are in greater peril from global warming than previously thought, a study published May 20 says.

According to new research, even if global warming is limited to 1.5°C, Earth's ice sheets could still experience irreversible ...

Efforts to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C under the Paris Climate Agreement may not go far enough to save the ...

The first-ever direct flights from the United States to Greenland will give tourists easier access to the island’s history, ...

The research by an international team of sea level and polar ice experts suggests that limiting warming to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) above the pre-industrial temperature—the Paris ...

The world’s largest iceberg, A23, is fragmenting into smaller pieces according to alarming NASA satellite images.

Efforts to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C under the Paris Climate Agreement may not go far enough to save the ...

Beyond their record-breaking size, these world's largest islands offer a reminder that "island life" isn't always about beach ...

An expedition to extract a unique sample from one of Canada’s largest and most venerable ice sheets has hit rock bottom – and ...

A new satellite photo has revealed that the "megaberg," A23a, is beginning to break apart, spawning thousands of smaller ice ...

In a new study published in Nature, which is based on satellite data, climate models, paleoclimate records, ice cores, deep-sea sediments, and even octopus DNA, underscores the dire consequences of ...