The striking melt pond, which is littered with hundreds of tiny icebergs, is around 2,300 feet (700 meters) across at its widest point. The pool's vibrant blue color makes it seem like it is ...

This “melt pond,” as it’s called, revealed a dark sign of what would come. Now, over a decade later, these melt ponds are increasingly popping up around not only the United States but the ...

But in the past, scientists lacked the tools to accurately measure melt pond impacts. New remote sensing data look at sea ice from different satellite resolutions. High-resolution imaging sends a ...

The disappearance of glaciers is not only leading to the creation of new fish habitat but it's also creating opportunities ...

This 2014 aerial photo shows what looks like an unusually large and deep puddle of vibrant blue meltwater sitting on top of ...