Melting glaciers and ice sheets are raising sea levels while the Arctic is poised to log one of its worst winters on record.

As summer wanes in the Northern Hemisphere, scientists are sounding the alarm over what could be one of the most extreme Arctic melt seasons in recorded history — a shift with potentially far-reaching ...

A research vessel in international Arctic waters near Russia unearthed a new development in the rapid melting of the ice caps that could have significant ramifications for the polar ecosystem. A team ...

The Arctic landscape is changing at an unprecedented rate. In addition to rising temperatures, climate change is causing episodes of extreme melting, which occurs when ice losses that previously took ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An iceberg melting in Scoresby Fjord, eastern Greenland. (© AFP - OLIVIER MORIN) Greenland is vast, and highly coveted. Covering ...

In a nutshell: Although global temperatures continue to rise, Arctic sea ice hasn't declined as quickly as models predicted. Scientists warn that this temporary slowdown likely won't change the ...

The melting of Arctic ice has been one of the most profound ripple effects from climate change, an impact often depicted with images of a lone polar bear stranded on a dwindling piece of sea ice. Now, ...

As Western wildfires get more destructive, scientists are finding a far-off connection to shrinking ice on the Arctic Ocean. How melting Arctic ice could be fueling extreme wildfires in the Western ...