The dramatic loss of sea ice around Antarctica has occurred with the re-emergence of the Maud Rise polynya in the Weddell Sea ...

A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, and sea ice is melting at record speed, enough to match the size ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater ...

A fresh set of numbers is changing what scientists thought happens when a city‑sized slab of ice dissolves into the sea. The ...

A review of data showed that the Birch Glacier was a rarity in that it has been advancing while most glaciers have been ...

Glaciers in Canada, the U.S., and the Alps have lost 12% of their volume since 2001, as heatwaves and soot drive melt rates ...

The melting of ice sheets and glaciers has significantly increased in recent decades and when certain thresholds are crossed, these melting mechanisms can reinforce themselves, accelerating this ...

A team of international scientists circumnavigating Antarctica has documented widespread environmental decline, including ...

In Alaska, we must also be vigilant to another brewing geopolitical hotspot, the melting Arctic. Arctic competition is exacerbated by climate change. When most Americans think about climate change, ...

A study published in Geophysical Research Letters reveals that glaciers in western Canada, the United States, and Switzerland ...