The orbital changes they do see ... Finally, the model had to have realistic conditions at the polar ice cap, with a density consistent with a mixture of ice and dust. Out of those 84 models ...

"With slow progress over the past few decades, additional measures may buy us time." Scientists prep bold experiments to ...

If Earth stays at its current levels of warming — below policymakers’ goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius — polar ice sheets may melt ...

A haze of ice crystals in the air created a halo around the low sun as three snowmobiles thundered onto the sea ice on a ...

Researchers are trying to rebuild sea ice above the Arctic Circle so it can reflect the sun’s warming rays, slowing climate ...

Standing at the top of a mountain in Antarctica can change the way we see the world. The more we look, we find that polar regions reveal how dramatically our planet can change and, at the same time, ...

exacerbating the effects of climate change. This is known as the ice-albedo feedback. Surface temperatures in the Arctic Ocean are warming more rapidly than anywhere else on the planet. The Arctic ice ...

The ice cap has plenty of ... OK, maybe polar bears aren’t going extinct, but we might starve! That’s Myth 3. MSNBC shrieks, “Climate change could create a massive global food shortage.” ...

The ice cap has plenty of ice ... OK, maybe polar bears aren't going extinct, but we might starve! That's Myth 3. MSNBC shrieks, "Climate change could create a massive global food shortage." ...

In yet another unprecedented effect of climate change, scientists find that the melting polar ice caps have caused the earth to spin slower. This can lead to minuscule changes in the actual ...

For bears of both the market and polar kind, a planet without an ice cap is a tragedy ... For more coverage of climate change, sign up for the Climate Issue, our fortnightly subscriber-only ...