Deep beneath Greenland’s vast ice sheet, scientists are uncovering a hidden source of heat that could accelerate melting and ...

An explorer and a glaciologist are kite-skiing across Antarctica with a ground-penetrating radar to gather data that will ...

Times journalists are accompanying a group of scientists on an arduous, weekslong trip to study a key glacier in Antarctica.

Across hundreds of miles of Alaska’s North Slope, long-frozen ground is thawing. As it does, naturally occurring metals ...

Greenland may look like a uniform sheet of ice, but new NASA radar data reveals a complex terrain buried almost three kilometers below the surface. Mountains, valleys, and long-forgotten river ...

Repeated, rapid drainages from a meltwater lake on Greenland’s 79°N Glacier are exposing how warming-driven fractures and ...

Many tipping elements are now well-known: the Amazon rainforest, the Greenland Ice Sheet, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning ...

Scientists have built the most detailed 3D models yet of temperatures deep beneath Greenland. The results reveal uneven heat ...

The past water year, October 2024 through September 2025, brought the highest Arctic air temperatures since records began 125 ...

Other research confirmed troubling trends in polar regions. The Alps are facing record glacier loss in the coming decade, ...

A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s ...

If Santa ever wanted to relocate, Nevada is a strong contender — especially Las Vegas, dubbed by some as the epicenter of the ...