A 2014 photo shows a massive, iceberg-littered pool of vibrant blue meltwater sitting alone on top of a glacier in Alaska. Similar "melt ponds" are becoming increasingly common in the Arctic due to ...

Melting polar ice is slowing the Earth’s rotation, but not enough to offset an even greater acceleration caused by changes in ...

Contained in the new federal spending law formerly known as the "Big Beautiful Bill" is funding for 17 icebreakers, 21 cutters, more than 40 helicopters and six large patrol airplanes, Coast Guard ...

The following is the July 2, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for ...

As polar ice melts, water moves from the poles toward the equator — making our Earth bulkier and rotate slower.

An audacious NASA mission suggests that dust blown north from Greenland couldhelp explain why Arctic ice is melting even faster than expected.

Almost two-thirds of the world's population is affected by the monsoon—the annual arrival of intense rains in areas north and ...

Refreezing the melting sea ice in the Arctic is more complicated than you would think. The U.K. is funding geoengineering experiments like this one to curb the effects of climate change.

In a feedback of fire and ice, thinning ice sheets over geologic hot spots could allow more eruptions, while increased ...

You probably know polar bears as the big white animals roaming the Arctic, but there’s a lot about them that doesn’t make it ...

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

New research is challenging the ongoing debate about the Arctic's glacial past, suggesting that the region may never have ...