A daring expedition is underway as 12 individuals will spend eight months adrift in the Arctic Ocean, encased in ice. This ...

Ancient scrolls, carbonized by Mount Vesuvius's eruption, are now being read thanks to cutting-edge technology. Scientists ...

Far below the Arctic’s drifting ice, the seafloor has begun to change in a way few people ever see. Stones are falling out of ...

The Arctic could be "ice-free" in the summertime as soon as the next few years, scientists said in a study Tuesday. That's the earliest date any study has suggested an ice-free Arctic could occur – as ...

Scientists discover black Arctic icebergs carrying tons of rock, reshaping the seafloor and revealing new effects of climate change.

The Arctic could be "ice-free" in just a few years, scientists have found. Here's what that means. The region, which sits at the northernmost point of the globe, is a unique ecosystem characterized by ...

The Arctic is undergoing rapid warming, resulting in retreating sea ice and glaciers 1, yet how cryospheric changes propagate into the deep ocean remains poorly understood 2. Here we identify a ...