Glacier tourism tends to do more harm than good, and when the glaciers are gone, local economies will have to adapt ...

As glaciers around the world continue to shrink and disappear, they are drawing more visitors than ever, not only for their ...

Tiny zircon crystals are revealing that Earth’s earliest history may have included surprisingly complex tectonic activity.

Discover why Greenland has become central to global geopolitics and the economy. This video explores Greenland’s unique geography, the impact of global warming on its immense ice sheet, and why ...

As glaciers rapidly disappear, they are becoming emotional, political, and economic flashpoints - drawing crowds through last ...

Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought.

Drawing on a decade’s worth of underwater sound data from Cambridge Bay in the Canadian Arctic, the researchers found that as climate change drives faster ice loss, the region’s underwater soundscape ...

President Donald Trump has been voicing interest in exploiting Greenland’s mineral wealth since his first term in office, when he started talking about possibly seizing the autonomous territory. His ...

With warming set to pass the critical 1.5-degree limit, scientists are warning that the world is on course to trigger tipping points that would lead to cascading consequences — from the melting of ice ...

On most maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be roughly the same size. In reality, Africa is about 14 times larger than ...

The Taklamakan Desert has a name that translates, roughly and ominously, to “The Place of No Return.” For centuries, this 130 ...