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The ice cores could offer clues about a period known as the Mid-Pleistocene Transition that has long puzzled scientists ...

Researchers have developed a novel method to detect and study how ice forms in mixed-phase clouds, significantly boosting ...

For much of the planet’s recent geological history, ice ages came and went every 41,000 years. Then, during a period ...

For over two decades, satellites have quietly documented a major crisis unfolding beneath our feet: Earth's continents are ...

Like the inverse of a butterfly flapping its wings in China, ice cores extracted in Greenland show the rise and fall of ...

Strong ocean tides could be driving the growth of huge fractures in Antarctica’s ice shelves, new research suggests.

As temperatures, biodiversity losses, and sea levels rise globally, scientists are concerned about the likelihood of abrupt ...

Ancient river landscapes buried beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet have been uncovered by radar, revealing vast, flat surfaces formed over 80 million years ago before Antarctica froze. These hidden ...

Arguments for prohibiting all research on weather modification and geoengineering are based on misinformation and fear, not facts.

With US investment in polar science under threat, scientists hope that China’s interest in the region will benefit research.