Glaciers could reach peak rates of disappearing in the coming decades due to global warming, according to new research.

Thousands of glaciers will vanish each year in the coming decades, leaving only a fraction standing by the end of the century ...

Thousands of glaciers have vanished over the past few decades and as the world continues to heat up, they are expected to disappear at an increasing pace. New research gives a glimpse of just how quic ...

A landslide in Greenland caused a giant wave and a mysterious 92-second seismic hum that traveled around the planet for nine ...

One of the buzziest technologies in modern science may be running right under your feet. Fiber optic cables bring you the internet as data-rich pulses of light, but they also detect signals from the ...

There could be an irreversible retreat of parts of the ice sheets, raising sea levels much faster than currently planned.

In an age of rising sea levels, as polar ice sheets melt in a climate warmed by fossil fuel emissions, climate modelers are ...

Five of the last six years have seen the most rapid glacier retreat on record, the UN's World Meteorological Organization weather, climate and water agency said ...

Dominik Gräff, a University of Washington postdoctoral researcher in Earth and space sciences (pictured in the center), and two crew members load the fiber optic cable, spooled around a large drum, ...

Guest authors explore how Greenland’s ice sheets fared over the 12 months, including the evidence that the territory’s summer ...

Learn about the alarming rate of glacier extinction due to climate change. New research predicts that thousands of glaciers ...