Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, ...

Seven thousand years ago, a major section of Greenland’s ice sheet disappeared entirely. New research confirms it will happen ...

The story of Greenland's name weaves together sly marketing, climate change and the Vikings. While Erik the Red selected the ...

The extent and speed of ice moving off the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica into the sea—an important dynamic for ...

In the late 10th century, a Norse explorer named Erik the Red found himself in exile from Iceland, banished for manslaughter.

Soft sediments hidden beneath Greenland's ice could accelerate glacier flow, speeding up ice loss and future sea level rise.

Scientists drilled to the bottom of Greenland's 1,600-foot deep Prudhoe Dome and found it disappeared in the early Holocene, ...

As the White House looks to take control of Greenland, US President Donald Trump is eyeing not just a strategic foothold in ...

Using satellite data, scientists examined the changing states of polar ice and drafted velocity maps that revealed a dramatic ...

Trump's calls for a takeover of Greenland puts open scientific collaboration that is helping our understanding of the threat ...

In the aftermath of the United States military’s action to remove Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela on 3 January, US ...