A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...

Now, new geological data show that sea levels rose about 125 feet (38 meters) between 11,000 and 3,000 years ago, according ...

New geological data has given more insight into the rate and magnitude of global sea level rise following the last ice age, ...

If there were any contender for a real-life equivalent to the Oliphaunts of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, it would be ...

The rich resources of Pacific kelp forests helped humans populate the Americas. Now depleted by as much as 95 percent, they ...

Sea levels surged at the end of the last ice age as ice sheets in North America, Antarctica, and Europe rapidly melted. | Credit: PHOTOSTOCK-ISRAEL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images Samples ...

“Based on the size of the animals, the communities ... in the Bellingshausen Sea off Antarctica after the iceberg A-84 broke away from the George VI Ice Shelf. ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean ...

Sea ice that covers the Arctic plays a fundamental role in the region's ecosystem — for instance impacting the way animals breed and find food. And, with less sea ice in winter months ...

Around 14,500 years ago, toward the end of the last ice age, melting continental ice sheets drove a sudden and cataclysmic sea level rise of up to 65 feet in just 500 years or less. Despite the ...