Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are melting at a rate which matches the worst-case scenario for sea level rises, according to a new study. The vast majority of the planet's ice mass is ...

Rising temperatures of the world’s oceans threaten to accelerate the melting and splintering of glaciers—thereby potentially increasing the number of icebergs and, with it, the need to better ...

For years, researchers have provided contradictory evidence about the “premelting film” of ice, its thickness and whether it ...

A fascinating aspect of nature-inspired engineering is that even simple observations can lead to remarkable discoveries. A simple observation in a Virginia Tech lab of Professor Jonathan Boreyko has ...

A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s future as the climate warms. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...