The ripple effects could be enormous. Scientists make unexpected discovery after studying waters under Arctic ice — here's ...

Without an ice layer on the ocean's surface, the light penetrating the waters changes, affecting the type of algae and ...

Two new studies of the North and South Poles remind us that the global climate system remains unpredictable, defying ...

Like ice in a drink, Arctic sea ice keeps things cold – until it melts. Using the same principle, some scientists are ...

Harvard Kennedy School Professor John Holdren and Arctic Initiative director Jennifer Spence say multiple new threats are ...

When does "anomalous weather" become "a new climate"? The moment that variations in a specific climate variable turn into the ...

Arctic sea ice has diminished in extent and thickness over the half century in which satellite observations have been made.

Though phytoplankton may grow more in warmer waters, stratification limits nutrients, reducing the fjords' long-term carbon ...

Swiss researcher Achille Capelli has found an open-air laboratory in Alaska. He is studying the polar ice shelf and is ...

The paper suggested that intense rain events, like those recorded during the 2018 floods in Kerala or the 2013 floods in ...

Mercury (Hg) is a naturally occurring element found across the globe, yet it becomes highly toxic as it accumulates up the ...