Melting ice from West Antarctica once delivered huge amounts of iron to the Southern Ocean, but algae growth did not increase as expected. Researchers found the iron was in a form that marine life ...

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

Ice in the Arctic and Antarctica plays a critical role in maintaining life on Earth, and it is melting faster than previously thought. This is threatening our planet with potentially massive sea-level ...

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

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation has slowed by 15% since the 1950s, and scientists warn that continued ...

New studies show how algae grows on ice and snow, creating “dark zones” that exacerbate melting in the consequential region. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey On snow it’s green or red. On ice it’s a brownish ...

If you want to learn more about human history, you can turn to written records or archaeological artifacts or huge chunks of ice. That's right. Glaciers and other kinds of ice can store clues that ...