New studies show how algae grows on ice and snow, creating “dark zones” that exacerbate melting in the consequential region.

For most of Earth's history, it was a hot, humid greenhouse — until something changed. This video uncovers the science behind ...

Hundreds of millions of Americans are presently besieged by a massive arctic blast and winter storm. Luckily for them, it ...

Just as the Moon's gravity drives the oceans' tides, Mars's gravity is now understood to play a significant role in shaping ...

Polygon has rounded up the best icy sci-fi planets from our favorite video games, movies, television, and books ...

A new study shows the monument’s most exotic stones did not arrive by chance but were instead deliberately selected and ...

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean’s powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty water from the tropics to the North Atlantic despite extensive ice cover ...

One of Earth’s earliest mass extinctions wiped out most ocean life during a sudden global ice age. From the ruins, jawed vertebrates survived, diversified, and transformed the course of evolution.

Researchers were able to sequence the full genome from the 14,000-year-old chunk of preserved woolly rhinoceros meat.

The findings potentially solve the paradox of how liquid water seems to have persisted on Mars even when the climate grew too cold.

Recent studies suggest Earth is naturally moving toward another ice age, driven by long-term orbital and climate cycles. China issues new Greenland warning to Trump administration Newly released video ...