The most alarming case may be West Antarctica, where more than 100 active volcanoes lie buried beneath the ice. One glacier ...

Melting glaciers in Greenland are unleashing hidden methane and shifting soils from carbon sinks to warming sources.

Almost two-thirds of the world’s population is affected by the monsoon – the annual arrival of intense rains in areas north and south of the Equator. These drenching rains tend to arrive during each ...

Researchers measuring the salinity of the Southern Ocean did find unexpected results, but some online reports got the details ...

It is in no one’s interest to militarise the Arctic but thanks to something of an arms race heating up between the US, Russia ...

Antarctic sea ice began to change rapidly in 2015 and 2016. Since then it has remained well below the long-term average.

Linda Greenhouse, the recipient of a 1998 Pulitzer Prize, reported on the Supreme Court for The Times from 1978 to 2008.

These student researchers tackled a key challenge in polar research by creating a communication system that could transform ...

Ground slumping in yedoma permafrost after a wildfire, in the interior of Alaska. Yedoma permafrost generally contains large ...

At an elevation of about 2,400 feet, Colfax occupies that perfect sweet spot in the foothills—high enough for occasional winter snow that transforms the town into a living snow globe, but low enough ...

A combination of intense winds, big waves, and tidal forces wreaked havoc across Australia’s southeastern coastlines in June, with severe conditions submerging jetties and threatening infrastructure.