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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The increasing frequency of once-in-a-decade agricultural and ecological drought has underscored the urgency of studying hydrological changes. A research team has analyzed the estimated changes in ...

Researchers used computer simulations to study the impact of subglacial water on ice sheet behavior in Antarctica.

Much like a conveyer belt, an atmospheric river transports moisture from the tropical and subtropical oceans and dumps it as ...

Melting sea ice changes not only how much light enters the ocean, but also its color, disrupting marine photosynthesis and ...