While scientists once thought Greenland's ice streams flowed slowly and uniformly, new research reveals a quake-driven "stick ...

Pigmented algae are well adapted to grow on exposed ice in the Arctic as the snowline recedes, raising concerns of a feedback ...

Glaciers are huge white ice masses that can reflect a lot of sunlight. However, especially where the glaciers are not covered ...

The vast landmass is melting quickly due to climate change, and may rapidly cause the complete loss of the island's ice.

Greenland's ice sheet currently spans over 1.7 million square kilometers and is the largest freshwater reservoir in the ...

New research reveals that ice algae can store nutrients which may enable them to colonize more of the ice sheet, darkening and melting it.

It shouldn’t be particularly surprising to scientists that crevasses are getting larger across Greenland. As the ocean warms, ...

The tiny ice inhabitants darken the glacier surface and can thus accelerate its melting.

The melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet is the single largest contributor of freshwater to global sea-level rise. Previous ...

Glacier-covered landscapes in the high Arctic A new study published in Nature Communications reveals that dark-pigmented ...

We may still be able to save ourselves from the worst of the damage the climate change will bring – but we are desperately running out of time.