The most recent IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) assessment report estimated that global mean sea-level rise ...

Melting sea ice is a global problem with far-reaching consequences. As the Arctic and Antarctic lose ice faster than expected ...

New research shows polar ice sheets may begin irreversible collapse even at 1.5°C warming - putting millions at risk.

Abstract: High-resolution aerial photographs of Arctic region are a great source for different sea ice feature recognition, which are crucial to validate, tune, and improve climate models. Melt ponds ...

The world's two gigantic ice sheets are in greater peril from global warming than previously thought, a study published May ...

Nearly 200 countries have pledged to try to keep the planet's warming to 1.5C, but the researchers warn that this should not ...

The second-largest ice sheet in the world is melting rapidly and the heatwave is speeding up the process. Greenland lost 160 billion tons of ice in July. While the thaw might seem distant ...

Scientists have discovered "ice piracy" in Antarctica, where glaciers are stealing ice from their neighbors at an alarming ...

Scientists drilled through Antarctic ice to uncover a buried river system that may reshape predictions of melting and ...

Hidden beneath the Antarctic ice lies a system of lakes and watercourses. A research team, including ETH researchers, has for ...

For around 2,000 years, global sea levels hardly varied. That changed in the twentieth century. Sea levels started rising and ...