Deep inside the Greenland ice sheet are giant swirling plume-like structures. These have puzzled scientists for over a decade ...

One of the most common claims made by those who warn of an anthropogenic global warming crisis is that increases in temperature have led to unusual melting in mountain glaciers, Arctic sea ice, and ...

Across the coldest places on Earth, something quiet but powerful is happening beneath your feet and under the ice. As ...

Cryosphere refers to any region of the Earth that is frozen, most prominently glaciers, icebergs, and permafrost, including surface frozen lakes and rivers as well as the seasonally frozen ground.

The current global climate warming is unprecedented and extensively accelerated. This is partly evidenced by the months of June, July, and August (considered meteorological summer in the Northern ...

We often see photographs that show how glaciers have diminished in size over the last century. The recession of glaciers is a direct result of global warming, resulting from the burning of fossil fuel ...

A tour boat sails near a glacier's terminus in the Kenai Mountains near Primrose, Alaska, in 2019. Scientists have issued the starkest warning yet that the world’s ice is under serious threat from ...

National Snow and Ice Data Center monitors sea ice, tracks snow, examines Arctic conditions and informs global decision-makers The frozen parts of the planet, known collectively as the cryosphere, are ...

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Paloma Beltran with Miriam Jackson, the Eurasia and Nordic director of the International ...