Add to the long list of global warming concerns that melting ice caps could trigger more volcanic eruptions. Worse, researchers said Monday at a scientific conference in Prague, the increasing ...

A 4-inch ocean surface level rise in 2009 and 2010 affected coastlines from New York to Newfoundland, Canada, and wasn’t related to any hurricane or winter storm. Pictured, a surfer catches a wave ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Knud Rasmussen Glacier, in Greenland. Muratart/Shutterstock For most of us, first-hand knowledge of Greenland is probably ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An iceberg melting in Scoresby Fjord, eastern Greenland. Greenland is vast, and highly coveted. Covering some 2 million square ...

Glacier ice is disappearing at a pace that even scientists who study it for a living find startling. The world's frozen ...

The rapid retreat of Arctic ice is revealing an extraordinary opportunity to gain insight into the Earth’s marine history through fossils. On Wilczek Island, which is found within the remote ...

It’s one of the most pressing questions facing climate scientists today: how vulnerable are the vast ice caps on Greenland and Antarctica to rising temperatures? An unfathomable amount of ice is ...

For most of us, first-hand knowledge of Greenland is probably limited to flying over it en route to North America. It's likely that you've heard more about it over the last few months than in the rest ...