Water frozen in the depths of space has long been considered a shapeless, frozen fog. For decades, scientists believed it ...

Sea level on Earth has been rising and falling ever since there was water on the planet. Scientists were already able to use ...

Space ice” contains tiny crystals and is not, as previously assumed, a completely disordered material like liquid water, ...

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

New research reveals Antarctic sea ice has hit record lows three times since 2017, creating cascading effects on global ...

For decades, scientists believed the Arctic Ocean was sealed under a massive slab of ice during the coldest ice ages — but new research proves otherwise. Sediment samples from the seafloor, paired ...

For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ...

Even during the coldest 750,000 years, the Arctic Ocean had open water and sustained life thanks to seasonal sea ice. “Our ...

Retreating glaciers - rivers of ice shrinking back as the world warms - are the most tangible and direct evidence of climate ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater ...

Lava flows, near mile-thick glaciers and ice age floods layered and carved up this landscape.

Several of Mount Rainier’s glaciers are already gone, experts say, and others aren’t far behind. The News Tribune asked what that means for visitors.