All snow and ice accumulated over the past winter is expected to have melted by Monday. Over the past century, this tipping point usually only arrives in mid-August on average. The snow and ice ...

Scientists have developed a chromium-molybdenum-silicon alloy that withstands extreme heat while remaining ductile and oxidation-resistant. It could replace nickel-based superalloys, which are limited ...

The world’s glaciers are receding at an alarming rate, losing more than a trillion tons of ice a year. Fueled in part by climate change, it’s driving sea levels higher, which could threaten coastal ...

The snowfall from last winter disappeared a month sooner than usual, after two early hot spells. Huge volumes of exposed ice are now starting to vanish. By Raymond Zhong and Mira Rojanasakul Europe’s ...

How is climate change affecting polar regions? Climate change is amplified in the polar regions. The northern and southern reaches of the planet are warming faster than any area on Earth, with the ...

250 kilometres north of the Arctic circle is a place of thunderous and near-constant destruction. Here, creaks and roars signal the shearing of ice columns the size of skyscrapers from south-western ...