A study on melting glacial ice sheets revealed a startling positive feedback loop effect with alarming implications for the ...

"What if the iron stones were warming up to the point where they would actually melt the glacial ice beneath them and sink ...

Reductions in air pollution have helped warm the planet by cutting down on reflective particles in the atmosphere – but ...

When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – “ancient water, carbon, and microbial life return to the surface to shape and change the world.” ...

The devastating health effects of lead exposure are well-documented, even at low levels. Modern studies highlight how lead ...

The record for the world's oldest ice was actually broken not long ago when researchers in Antarctica managed to retrieve ice ...

Little wonder the poles can seem timeless, places of desolate beauty – tundra and rock in the north, and wind and ice in the ...

scientists are trying to obtain information about the climate and environment of Antarctica over the last 1.5 million years by drilling out cylinders of ice, also called ice cores, from ice sheets ...

Researchers at the University of Bern are eagerly anticipating a unique scientific find this August. They announced on Wednesday that parts of the oldest ice from the Antarctic to date will arrive ...

An ice core was recently drilled out of the Antarctic continent and while it’s impressive in size, its scientific significance cannot be overstated. Experts say it could provide unprecedented ...

Scientists say they have tapped into an extraordinary archive of the Earth’s climate in the ice deep beneath Antarctica ... had previously drilled an ice core dating back about 800,000 years.

The core is a "time machine" that records "an extraordinary archive of Earth's climate," said Carlo Barbante, coordinator of the Beyond EPICA, or European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica ...