The melting of Arctic ice has been one of the most profound ripple effects from climate change, an impact often depicted with images of a lone polar bear stranded on a dwindling piece of sea ice. Now, ...

Despite a heatwave-heavy year that climate change experts have chalked down to climate change, scientists have found something unexpected in the Arctic. There’s been a “dramatic” slowdown in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Arctic landscape is changing at an unprecedented rate. In addition to rising temperatures, climate change is causing episodes ...

At both the North and South Poles, ice is rapidly melting. Research has emphasized that this isn't just an issue impacting the Arctic region, with even equatorial nations like Indonesia feeling the ...

Rising temperatures are melting the Arctic ice, opening new shipping routes and prompting world powers to jostle for access and control. In January, China announced intentions to establish a permanent ...

NASA Langley researchers are heading to the Arctic Ocean to study the habitat's effect on climate worldwide. Scientists measured microplastic concentrations in the highly productive Barents Sea and ...

More than 2 trillion tons of land ice in Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska have melted since 2003, according to new NASA satellite data that show the latest signs of what scientists say is global ...

Arctic sea ice is melting at an alarming rate this summer because of record high temperatures. The heat had an especially devastating impact in Greenland. According to NASA scientists, the ice sheet ...

The push to reduce black carbon, which studies have shown has a warming impact 1,600 times that of carbon dioxide over a ...