As the warm season approaches and snowmelt surges through Yosemite’s rivers and lakes, park officials this week urged visitors to think twice before stepping into the water. “As water levels rise, so ...

Flips between warm temperatures to cold and vice versa have become quicker, more frequent and more intense in recent decades, a new study shows.

Continued use of fossil fuels has warmed oceans, melted ice caps and led to some of the hottest years in recorded history. Dangerous and costly severe storms and wildfires have become more frequent as ...

The Tara Polar Station, a $23 million research vessel with a crew of 12, will drift across the Arctic ice to enable better ...

Extremely low sea ice levels in the Arctic and Antarctica signal a "new normal" that may accelerate global warming and ...

Beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean, vast volumes of cold, dense water plunge off the Antarctic continental shelf, cascading down underwater cliffs to the ocean floor thousands of meters below.

The Ice Bucket Challenge's return signals more than just a viral moment — it's a movement of collective concern, turning ...

Beneath the world’s vast and icy glaciers, where sunlight never reaches and only the bravest scientists dare to venture, lie ...

Overwhelmed by panic or ugly crying? Need to get a hold of yourself fast? This DBT skill helps quiet your body’s alarm system using cold water, breath, and a little mammal magic.

The tiny ice inhabitants darken the glacier's surface, which can accelerate its melting. Glaciers are massive bodies of white ...

Rising global temperatures are driving the sharp decline in terrestrial water storage. This trend isn’t likely to change, scientists say.

These mysterious droplets, known as biomolecular condensates, solidify when they carry a high proportion of the protein alpha-synuclein, the scientists reported in Science Advances. Clumps of ...