As the Cold War intensified at the end of the 1950s, the U.S. Army devised a plan to build a sprawling launch site for ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...

New research explores the wide-ranging consequences of record low summer sea ice in Antarctica. From more ocean warming to ...

The United Nations has designated 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation to highlight the importance of glaciers and ensure that those ...

Greenland is not interested in becoming a major mining superpower, instead prioritizing environmental standards and a limited ...

An unprecedented Arctic heat wave caused record high temperatures in Greenland and Iceland, raising major concerns among ...

Ancient coral fossils from the remote Seychelles islands have unveiled a dramatic warning for our future—sea levels can rise ...

When visiting Godrevy beach on the north Cornish coast, most people look out to sea at the lighthouse, surfers and seals ...

The remote and often unforgiving surface of Greenland’s ice sheet has long been a subject of intrigue for scientists. What ...

Research ships rarely brave the Greenland Sea in winter. Early this year, scientists ventured into the ice-covered waters to ...

The wind, having tumbled down 4,000 feet of elevation from the domed summit of the ice sheet hundreds of miles to the west, ...

Jeffery DelViscio (seen freezing above), who is Scientific American’s chief multimedia editor, spent a month on a scientific ...