Ice serves as a natural shield for both the Earth and its oceans. Its bright, reflective surface helps bounce excess heat ...

A well-timed atmospheric river dropped enough snow on Greenland for its ice sheet to lose 8% less mass than expected.

Climate scientists thought stronger atmospheric rivers would accelerate Greenland's ice loss—but it might actually be slowing ...

The rise in global temperatures has already reached the level of an unprecedented threat to humanity and the entire ecosystem ...

Contribution to Sea Level Rise The ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica play a pivotal role in global sea level changes.

Arctic temperatures spiked 36 degrees Fahrenheit, or 20 Celsius, above normal. By the end of the month, sea ice was at its ...

Increasing international tensions, global warming and the changing world economy have put Greenland at the heart of the ...

A recent study finds that algae can store nutrients, potentially allowing them to spread across more of the ice sheet, ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has cast a covetous gaze at Greenland. But why? In an interview, Greenland expert Paul Bierman explains why the exploitation of natural resources on the island is difficult ...

Greenland lacks a road or rail network, so people rely on helicopters, planes and boats to get around. Rising temperatures and melting ice are meanwhile opening new and shorter shipping routes, ...

The Greenland Ice Sheet is the largest ice mass in the Northern Hemisphere, and it's melting rapidly. Climate change is causing more intense atmospheric rivers, which can deliver intense snowfall ...

Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark. As it goes to the polls today (March 11), it has been at the centre of the ...