Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of strange plume-like structures hidden deep inside the Greenland ice sheet. New research suggests they form through thermal convection—slow, swirling ...

President Donald Trump‘s desire to buy Greenland sounded like a geopolitical punchline, at first. After all, Denmark still oversees the island’s foreign affairs and defense. Then Trump’s comments ...

The phenomenon was described by a professor as similar to "a pot of boiling pasta" – and it's happening to solid ice.

Scientists discover that giant columns of softer ice within the Greenland ice sheet behave like pasta boiling, due to ...

"The rapid transformation of the ice sheet not only has global environmental consequences, such as sea level rise and possible alterations in ocean circulation, but also places the Arctic at the ...

A study led by the University of Barcelona and published in the journal Nature Communications shows that climate change has profoundly altered extreme episodes of melting in the Greenland ice sheet by ...

A 460-mile-long stretch of canyon was discovered underneath Greenland's ice sheet by NASA's Operation IceBridge. It runs from the center of the island to the fjord of the Petermann Glacier. NASA's God ...

Deep under Greenland’s ice, a thin layer of frozen dirt and rock has been holding a secret for thousands of years. Now, a drilling project co-led by the University at Buffalo has brought that secret ...

Greenland is one of the fastest-melting cryosphere regions on Earth. In fact, scientists say the large-scale melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet is irreversible, and it’s happening now at an ...

Climate change has significant yet odd effects on locations around the world. In some cases it affects migration patters ...

Melting glaciers and ice sheets are raising sea levels while the Arctic is poised to log one of its worst winters on record.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sediment drilled from beneath Greenland’s Prudhoe Dome shows the ice cap vanished about 7,000 years ago, offering new clues about ...