Greenland’s ice-covered landscape looks like an immovable block on satellite maps. Yet the story beneath its center suggests ...

Stratospheric polar vortex changes still trigger brutal U.S. winter cold snaps and extreme weather despite a warming climate.

Even in a warming climate, brutal cold snaps still hammer parts of the U.S., and a new study uncovers why. High above the ...

Almost two-thirds of the world's population is affected by the monsoon—the annual arrival of intense rains in areas north and ...

Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute traveled to the Arctic Sea to study the effects of climate change, and they say ...

Daredevil Jules Mountain has long loved the high life. But five years ago after surviving an aggressive form of cancer, he ...

Different governments have taken different approaches to this competition. Norway is trying to replace immigrants with the ...

Sea ice recognition is one of the main tasks for sea ice monitoring in the Arctic and is also applied for the detection of other ocean phenomena. The Surface Wave Investigation and Monitoring (SWIM) ...

In a feedback of fire and ice, thinning ice sheets over geologic hot spots could allow more eruptions, while increased ...

In recent weeks, Western reports revealed a jarring contradiction in the US polar strategy. The US "big and beautiful" bill ...

For decades, scientists believed the Arctic Ocean was sealed under a massive slab of ice during the coldest ice ages — but new research proves otherwise. Sediment samples from the seafloor, paired ...

As Arctic sea ice melts, Russia is racing to control new trade routes, extract untapped resources, and cement its military ...