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 ...

The formation of the Gondwana supercontinent also gave rise to an Antarctic range that has been covered by ice for 500 million years.

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

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.

Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep, on average — and ...

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

An abrupt change in Antarctica has caused the continent to gain ice. But this increase, documented in NASA satellite data, is ...