Chemical signatures of marine organisms reveal that seasonal sea ice, not a massive ice shelf, persisted in the southern ...

Three-quarters of the global population, or about 6 billion people, live in areas where fresh water has dwindled since 2002.

The retreat of ice was carrying up nutrients to the surface that fueled the formation of life in the ocean, enhancing coastal ...

You might not believe it if you’ve experienced one of the flash floods hammering the planet from Texas to Vietnam this summer, but Earth is becoming drier — at least the parts where most people live.

The study reveals there's still a great deal for scientists to learn about. Scientists puzzled by new phenomenon witnessed on ...

Mark Gongloff You might not believe it if you’ve experienced one of the flash floods hammering the planet from Texas to Vietnam this summer, but the Earth is becoming drier — at least the parts where ...

The study draws from multiple data sources: the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS); a 1996 study examining global ...

Discover more about vanishing islands across the globe, and why some 'phantom islands' have entirely disappeared from maps ...

This summer, 40 graduate students and faculty from four countries are sailing from the Azores to Greenland aboard the historic Staatsraad Lehmkuhl as part of a three-week oceanographic expedition. The ...

Melting ice in Greenland may be fueling ocean life as glacial runoff boosts phytoplankton, aiding ecosystems and capturing ...

Greenland’s critical minerals reserves and Arctic access could come with U.S. strategic benefits. CFR President Mike Froman ...

Melting glaciers in Greenland are feeding ocean life by dragging deep-sea nutrients to the surface, boosting Arctic phytoplankton and altering ocean carbon dynamics, according to new NASA-led ...