Greenland, which has been prominently in the news in recent days, hosts a vast ice sheet. If it melts, it will become one of ...

Plus, the fight over climate-disaster scores, and the blistering ascent of BYD.

A recent study shows that there is a lot more sediment trapped beneath Greenland’s ice sheet than we realized, which could ...

Seven thousand years ago, a major section of Greenland’s ice sheet disappeared entirely. New research confirms it will happen ...

New satellite records capture how polar ice sheets slide toward the sea, helping scientists better understand ice loss and ...

Listen to Paul Bierman, an expert on Greenland’s ice, talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the history of the island ...

Headlines about melting ice sheets usually focus on what is lost and then move on. What comes next is often overlooked, even though it matters just as much.

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are highly vulnerable to global warming and scientists are being increasingly worried about the possibility of large parts of the ice sheets collapsing, if ...

Ancient ocean sediments reveal Antarctica’s ice sheet retreated repeatedly during past warm periods, offering clues to future ...

A four-year record from the heart of the Ross Ice Shelf shows how subtle changes could shape future sea level rise, ocean ...

Scientists have discovered there is more to Antarctica than meets the eye. A new map of the landscape beneath the frozen ...