Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep, on average — and ...

Antarctica is the world's great cooling unit. This vital part of Earth's climate system is largely powered by the annual ...

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are on course for rapid retreat, even collapse, leading to multiple feet of sea level ...

What could survive in a land covered by frozen soil and ancient lava fields? In Iceland, the answer is mosses and lichens. Thousands of square miles, even beneath a coating of ice and snow during ...

Contrary to viral claims, Antarctica is not gaining land ice. While Antarctic sea ice varies seasonally, the continent’s land ice has continued to melt at an increasing pace, according to NASA ...

Their expertise not only covers volcanoes ... Today, you will visit Europe's biggest ice cap, Vatnajökull, which has around 30 glaciers flowing out from it. It is sobering to think that the ...