Equilibrium states of the volume of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS) (black dots) with respect to pre-industrial as a function of atmospheric CO2 concentration (top left) and corresponding temperature ...

Now a recent study in the journal Nature Geoscience reveals that such a tipping point may indeed exist. As it turns out, scientists have misunderstood a key aspect of the physical process behind the ...

When it comes to Arctic apex predators, the polar bear is the first animal that typically comes to mind. It’s a top predator, ...

TOPSHOT - Icebergs float in Baffin Bay near Pituffik, Greenland on July 18, 2022 as captured on a NASA Gulfstream V plane while on an airborne mission to measure melting Arctic sea ice. New ...

Sea levels rose and fell many times during the ice age, showing ice sheets were larger and more active much earlier than once believed.

One day in the next couple of years, everyone in the world will lose a second of their time. Exactly when that will happen is being influenced by humans, according to a new study, as melting polar ice ...

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A report warns that coral reefs may have reached their tipping point, and ice sheets, ocean currents and the Amazon are at ...

Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it ...

Greenland is writhing as eons of ice accumulation and steady melting cause its foundations to change shape. This deformation, ...

When strong winter storms hit, many people stay safe and warm indoors until the poor weather has cleared up. If you need to go out, however, and you don’t have any rock salt for melting the ice that’s ...