If the disc is verified to have been created on a river, it could be classified as the world's largest by the World Ice ...

As of March 16, average ice cover across the lakes was roughly 13.5%. Lake Superior was at 9.2%, and Lake Michigan was at ...

A recent study finds that algae can store nutrients, potentially allowing them to spread across more of the ice sheet, ...

The findings from Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service involve the third warmest February on record for the planet.

“It had been hypothesized that widespread glacial erosion of continental interiors could be caused by the Snowball Earth ice,” said Kirkland, a professor in the School of Earth and Planetary ...

As the planet heats up and Antarctica’s ice sheet melts at a faster pace, scientists warn of a steady rise in sea levels.

As the planet warms, Antarctica's ice sheet is melting and contributing to sea-level rise around the globe. Antarctica holds ...

Waters from the Atlantic may be disrupting the layers of Arctic Ocean water that support sea ice formation and retention, researchers say ...

For coastal communities, he says, ice cover protects against erosion. "If you drive along the Ontario shoreline of Lake Erie, you see evidence of receding bluffs, and that's because those bluffs ...