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High up in the mountains, in a rocky world left behind by melting glaciers, life finds an unlikely jumpstart—thanks to poop.
STORY: A deep rumble… and then a crash.For years, visitors have watched in awe as blocks of ice - some the size of a 20-story ...
The deep cracking sound bursting from within the ice signals the dramatic fall about to happen. Seconds later, a block of ice ...
Researchers found that land water loss exceeded Greenland's ice melt contribution to sea level rise in the early 2000s. The Washington Post explains how this massive soil moisture decline affects ...
The researchers found that, on average, the glaciers in the Pope-Smith-Kohler region have sped up by 51% since 2005. However, hidden within this average are some big differences. Four glaciers sped up ...
A team of researchers led by Niccolò Maffezzoli, "Marie Curie" fellow at Ca' Foscari University of Venice and the University of California, Irvine, and an associate member of the Institute of Polar ...
NASA scientists rediscovered an abandoned U.S. nuclear base that lies entombed beneath at least 100 feet of ice.
Greenland is covered by more than 650,000 square miles of ice – a massive, frozen ice sheet that blankets the island and slowly flows toward the ocean. But as the climate warms, the ice is melting and ...
An underdressed reporter journeys across icy, barren Greenland—and into Trump’s bored, nineteenth-century brain.
In Palmer, Alaska, Mother's Day is uniquely celebrated at the Musk Ox Farm, where mothers receive free admission and a chance ...
Scientists who have been monitoring the Union Glacier in Antarctica say the overheating of our planet could be speeding up ...