A has been around since the Chernobyl explosion and Space Shuttle Challenger accident...but perhaps not for much longer.

Arctic weather extremes are rising fast, harming plants, animals, people, and global climate balance worldwide.

New satellite photos reveal that one of the world's largest and longest-lived icebergs, A23a, has developed vibrant blue ...

Antarctic ice loss increased rapidly in past climates when oceans warmed first, raising risks for modern coastlines.

Prudhoe Ice Dome disappeared during a warm period 7000 years ago. Global warming could cause similar temperatures by 2100, ...

The ice-covered island may be strategically important, but it's unclear that it could be a commercially viable source of ...

If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.

Dive into the chilling hypothetical scenario of a world where all the ice caps and glaciers suddenly melt overnight. We'll look at some of the environmental impacts, including widespread flooding, ...

Donald Trump’s renewed Greenland rhetoric highlights a growing tension in the climate-changed Arctic. As the region becomes ...

When we think of global warming, what first comes to mind is the air: crushing heat waves that are felt rather than seen, ...

How did life begin on Earth? While scientists have theories, they don't yet fully understand the precise chemical steps that led to biology, or when the first primitive life forms appeared.

Scientists probing for Earth's oldest continuous ice core near the South Pole Basin have uncovered disturbed basal layers and trace sediment at the ice-bed interface, complicating what was seen as a ...