Sea ice around Antarctica expanded for several decades until a dramatic decline in 2015. The reasons behind this are revealed ...

Melting glaciers and ice sheets are raising sea levels while the Arctic is poised to log one of its worst winters on ...

A peer-reviewed study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that climate change is now lengthening Earth’s days at a rate that could soon exceed the slowing effect of ...

Alaska's glaciers respond to climate change by melting for three additional weeks with every 1 degree Celsius increase in the ...

For over three decades, satellites orbiting Earth have measured the height of the ocean surface with remarkable precision. These measurements are crucial because changes in ocean height are one of the ...

Climate change is slowing Earth's rotation at record speeds, causing GPS timing errors and navigation delays on your ...

Melting ice is not just raising sea levels, scientists say it is slowing Earth’s spin and making days longer, but how this ...

Version 2 of Arctic Sea Ice Seasonal Change and Melt/Freeze Climate Indicators from Satellite Data, Version 2, is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive ...

Several of the Earth’s systems are changing faster than predicted as global temperatures rise, scientists say.

Vanishing glaciers atop Germany's highest mountain prompted the start of demolition operations of a ski lift yesterday, as ...

Climate change is eliminating giant chunks of ice from Greenland at such a speed that the melt has already made a significant contribution to sea level rise, according to a new study. With global ...

Sea ice north of Greenland.Credit: Courtesy Andy Mahoney, NSIDC. For the past 30 years, satellites have been tracking a stunning decline in the sea ice and snow cover blanketing the Arctic. Now, new ...