New research shows that warm ocean currents triggered a rapid collapse of part of East Antarctica’s ice sheet 9,000 years ago, offering clues about future sea level rise.

A new computational model suggests that Uranus' and Neptune's cores may be less icy than their "ice giant" nickname suggests.

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Scientists are increasingly blunt about what lies ahead: the climate is edging toward thresholds that, once crossed, will lock in damage for generations and accelerate the very warming that caused the ...

How long will leftovers from the holiday season last? It depends on the food. Illinois Extension provides more information in this column.

The Araon (pronounced “ah rah own”) is roughly 360 feet long and can break through a meter of flat ice at a speed of three ...

Long associated with imagery of the Three Wise Men, the depiction of Christmas took on a wintry turn in the 16th century. Yet ...

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A research team led by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) scholars has discovered a significant ...

A rogue Argo oceanographic float drifted away to accidentally collect data on one of Antarctica’s most inaccessible regions.

For nearly two centuries, textbooks blamed icy spills on pressure and friction, but new simulations tell another story. The ...