There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land ...

The South Pole’s ice sheets – which contain up to 90% of the world’s total freshwater – are melting three times as fast as a decade ago. Antarctica shed three trillion tons of ice between ...

Thawing the Pole The Martian South pole has a coating of dry ice ... the theory is that buried ice will melt and seep up from underground. Some of it would vaporize and create clouds in the ...

As the iceberg melts, its released elements can alter the physics and chemistry of the ocean, propelling particles from the ...

Sea-ice extent reached a stark new record in February, reaching its all-time minimum extent for the month, with the Arctic ...

There, they lose large volumes of ice via melting and calving of icebergs ... But as the air and ocean around the South Pole have warmed over the past few decades, icebergs calve off faster ...

There, they lose large volumes of ice via melting and calving of icebergs ... But as the air and ocean around the south pole have warmed over the past few decades, icebergs calve off faster ...

A theory involving a "mushy zone" of ice along the moon’s fissures could explain the enormous plumes erupting from its south ...

Fears of the impact of global warming melting polar ice have intensified with news that for the first time the North Pole stands at the ... for shipping. In the South, the effect is equally ...

A first-of-its-kind study suggests the ongoing melting of Antarctica’s vast ice sheet could have direct ... substantially warmer than those to the south.” As the planet heated, that front ...

The presence of accessible ice could serve as a vital resource for long-term exploration and potential settlement.