A review of data showed that the Birch Glacier was a rarity in that it has been advancing while most glaciers have been ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater near the surface could help explain some of the decrease in Antarctic sea ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...

Researchers have discovered a dramatic and unexpected shift in the Southern Ocean, with surface water salinity rising and sea ...

The United Nations has designated 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation to highlight the importance of glaciers and ensure that those ...

Climate change appears to be making some of Switzerland's vaunted glaciers look like Swiss cheese: full of holes.

Michael Dunn, the study's lead author, said, "We're not just predicting how wildlife might respond to shrinking sea ice and environmental shifts, we've had the rare opportunity to confirm it, using ...

In 2022, an international team of scientists sent a 20-foot-long autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) named “Ran” to traverse ...

One expert notes that glacier shrinkage has wide effects on agriculture, fisheries, drinking water levels and cross-boundary ...

An international study using glacier models shows that even stabilizing temperatures at today’s levels would still cause ...

Researchers say some glaciers in Western Canada and the United States lost 12 per cent of their mass from 2021 to 2024, ...

The glaciers of Switzerland, which has the most of any country in continental Europe, are fading because of global warming.