A joint Japanese-European mission to Mercury just made its sixth flyby of the planet, revealing stunning close-ups of the ...

Fears of the impact of global warming melting polar ice have intensified with news that for the first time the North Pole stands at the centre of a mile-wide (nearly two-kilometre wide ...

Trees dating back almost 6000 years have come to scientists' attention due to ice melting in the Rocky mountains, offering a "time capsule" into the past ...

More than 100 volcanoes lurk beneath the surface in Antarctica. Ice sheet melt could set them off. The reason is that this unloading of ice sheets reduces pressure on magma chambers below the ...

It is 84° north, longitude 160°, 400 miles from the North Pole (90° north, longitude 00°). is variously known as the Ice Pole, or the Inaccessible Pole or the Pole of Relative Inaccessibility.

The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually spins around the North Pole, but it sometimes ventures south into the U.S., Europe and Asia. Some experts say such events are happening more frequently, ...

Instead of melting, ice sublimates, turning directly into a ... subjects in springtime is the Texas-size ice cap at Mars' north pole. Etched into the icy dome are swirling troughs, revealing ...

From The South Pole to The North Pole Adventurer, elite mountaineer and cross-country skier Kristin Harila recently suspended her solo and unsupported ski trek.

Global warming complicates her plan as the multi-year ice on the North Pole continues to melt, leaving large swaths of the journey near impossible to cross. Where solid ice once stood, large ...