The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend. Two kilometers thick on average and covering nearly twice the ...

Deep beneath the frozen desert of western Antarctica, an active volcanic rift stirs silently, concealed under an ice sheet up ...

Greenland's retreating ice exposes vast untapped reserves of critical minerals, creating opportunities for mining companies despite logistical challenges. Researchers highlight the island's potential ...

Greenland, a vast but sparsely populated Arctic island, has been transformed by the climate crisis in recent decades.

New research shows temperate glacier ice flows more steadily than previously thought, leading to lower projections of ...

“Volcanic activity has been shown to affect Earth’s climate in a myriad of ways,” the authors write. “One such example is ...

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The rapid pace of melting glaciers is causing profound environmental and geopolitical changes due to shifting national ...

The melting of Antarctic ice sheets could be leading to more intense volcanic eruptions, with significant implications for ...

M ore than a hundred volcanoes lie beneath the Antarctic ice, and the release of some of the weight upon them could spur them ...

Researchers from Brown University conducted 4,000 computer simulations to examine how ice sheet loss influences Antarctica's ...

One of the best ways to assemble the puzzle pieces of Earth’s past is hiding deep beneath its white polar sheets: ice ...