A research group led by Associate Professor Kohei Mizobata, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, including ...

A new study measured water vapor in Greenland's air, collecting data crucial for improving climate models and forecasting Arctic changes.

Everyone knows Antarctica is cold and icy, but what's underneath the ice has been a mystery. Scientists used six decades' ...

A University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led study is developing innovative methods to accurately predict how ice sheets and glaciers are deforming and moving. Just published in the journal ...

For the first time, scientists have captured detailed measurements of water vapor high above Greenland’s vast ice sheet.

SECOND ONLY TO THE ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET. BUT THE ICE IS MELTING. FAST. THE GREENLAND ICE CAP IS NOW THE THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE. IT’S OUTSTRIPPED THE GENERAL WARMING OF ...

Climbing Season Underway in the Himalayas Expeditions to the Himalayas have begun as spring welcomes more accommodating weather to climb the world’s highest pea ...

As rising temperatures melt Antarctica’s ice sheet and cause more precipitation, the Southern Ocean’s upper layer is growing less salty – and thus, less dense. This creates a lid that limits the ...

Scientists using a submersible robot discovered patterns under the Antarctic ice that have never been seen before by humans.

Nye, J. F., J. Glaciol. (in the press). Glen, J. W., “Experiments on the Plastic Deformation of Ice”, submitted to J. Glaciol. Nye, J. F., Proc. Roy. Soc., A, 207 ...