A growing network of meltwater lakes at the edge of the Greenland ice sheet is accelerating the flow of major glaciers, ...

A discovery in Greenland reveals that its ice sheet collapsed 120,000 years ago and then unexpectedly rebuilt itself ...

Cycles in the growth and decay of Antarctica's ice sheets once shaped marine biological productivity thousands of miles away ...

Ancient Antarctic ice sheet cycles affected subtropical ocean productivity by altering nutrient circulation. The 40,000-year obliquity cycle played an unexpectedly strong role, revealing deep global ...

A sediment core spanning millions of years and new modeling studies point to significant ice retreat under temperatures ...

Warmer oceans are quietly eroding Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from below, and scientists warn the process may be far less gradual than most people assume. This clip from a full interview with ...

When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ocean currents and affects temperatures in places far from the poles. A study ...

Melting ice, rebounding land, and rising seas will change what resources are available in Antarctica, a new analysis finds.

UB scientists Sophie Nowicki and Beata Csatho are part of an international team chosen for a NASA satellite mission designed to improve predictions of environmental change and help mitigate natural ...

Twenty-three people were rescued from a floating sheet of ice in Ontario, Canada after they became stranded while ice fishing. The incident took place on Sunday, March 8, as groups were fishing in ...