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Around 9,000 years ago, East Antarctica went through a dramatic meltdown that was anything but isolated. Scientists have discovered that warm deep ocean water surged beneath the region’s floating ice ...

Melting glaciers and ice sheets are raising sea levels while the Arctic is poised to log one of its worst winters on record. Here are some key points about the planet's ice as human-induced global ...

New Yorkers are bracing for more snow and subzero temperatures, and if you ran out of rock salt last weekend, you’re not out of options. Here are five household items that can help melt snow and ...

Sea-level rise changes coastlines, putting homes at risk, as Summer Haven, Fla., has seen. Aerial Views/E+/Getty Images Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of ...

When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ocean currents and affects temperatures in places far from the poles. But ...