In two recent studies, researchers suggest a weakening ocean current system is to blame for a persistent cold spot in the ...

A patch of the Atlantic Ocean just south of Greenland is cooling while much of the world warms. The origin of this "cold blob ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace.

Sometimes, discoveries are made by mistake. Recently, NASA ended up finding a 60-year-old structure hidden under the ice in ...

The United Nations has designated 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation to highlight the importance of ...

Greenland is not interested in becoming a major mining superpower, instead prioritizing environmental standards and a limited ...

Science is under attack throughout the world. Meanwhile, there’s substantial scientific evidence that the planetary system is ...

First created during the Cold War, Project Iceworm saw the US plan to store hundreds of ballistic missiles in a system of ...

Beneath Greenland's massive ice sheets is a land that's been hidden for millions of years, never before seen by humans. Today ...

When visiting Godrevy beach on the north Cornish coast, most people look out to sea at the lighthouse, surfers and seals ...

The remote and often unforgiving surface of Greenland’s ice sheet has long been a subject of intrigue for scientists. What lies beneath the thick layers of snow and ice has been largely a mystery, ...

Jeffery DelViscio (seen freezing above), who is Scientific American’s chief multimedia editor, spent a month on a scientific ...