Melting ice sheets open up land and sea that were previously inaccessible, presenting new — albeit dangerous — opportunities.

Rising Arctic temperatures and melting sea ice could be causing cold air to flow into the Northern Hemisphere. But not all ...

Trump has said he wants the territory because of its strategic location. Maps show how a melting Arctic is affecting ...

As the White House looks to take control of Greenland, US President Donald Trump is eyeing not just a strategic foothold in the Arctic but the territory's vast underground resources. While the melting ...

Some regions of the continent have enough ice to push up sea levels by 15 metres if they all melt, but researchers don’t yet fully understand the consequences ...

A recent study shows that there is a lot more sediment trapped beneath Greenland’s ice sheet than we realized, which could ...

Scientists say that hidden melting beneath Antarctica’s ice could rapidly reshape sea levels, but they do not know when.

A conveyor belt of ocean water that loops the planet and regulates global temperatures could be heading for a tipping point.

The fight for Arctic dominance accelerates as Trump bids for Greenland against Russia's icebreaker-controlled Northern Sea ...

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, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ocean currents and affects temperatures in places far from ...