Around 14,500 years ago, toward the end of the last ice age, melting continental ice sheets drove a sudden and cataclysmic ...

Melting on the Antarctic Ice Sheet for the 2024 to 2025 season began with above average melt extents in all regions, but melt ...

For the first time, researchers have collected detailed measurements of water vapor high above the surface of the Greenland ...

For the first time, scientists have captured detailed measurements of water vapor high above Greenland’s vast ice sheet.

As the planet warms, Antarctica's ice sheet is melting and contributing to sea-level rise around the globe. Antarctica holds enough frozen water to raise global sea levels by 190 feet, so precisely ...

For all of human history, Antarctica has been ice-covered and desolate. Now, a new model shows the hidden continent beneath ...

Stanford researchers have integrated machine learning with high-resolution satellite and aerial observations to analyze the ...

Scientists have quantified how much of the cooling observed since 1990 has been driven by an influx of freshwater that’s ...

Freshwater from melting ice sheets can slow the critical ocean circulation that helps regulate the planet’s climate ...