When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ...

Researchers say warming temperatures are exposing everything from ancient shoes to Viking-era items before they can disappear ...

In Norway’s highest mountains, experts are scouring perilous terrain for pieces of the past, long stored in mint condition in ice patches. As temperatures rise across the world, glacial archaeologists ...

Picture sea ice in your mind. You probably imagine brilliant white, snow-covered floes floating on the surface of the ocean, home to penguins in the south of the globe or polar bears in the north. But ...

Glaciers are melting faster, losing 31 percent more snow and ice per year than they did 15 years earlier, according to three-dimensional satellite measurements of all the world’s mountain glaciers.

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 ...

If you apply enough heat, at some point, most things melt, just like ice cream on a hot summer day. Knowing exact melting temperatures is critical for building any high-performance material. The ...