Glaciers can reveal vast archives of information about Earth's environmental past, but deciphering the origins of the matter ...

Researcher Peter Neff and his team are studying glaciers in Antarctica and British Columbia to gain insights about Earth’s ...

In 2015, a group of scientists braved the stinging katabatic winds of East Antarctica and ventured on a first-of-its-kind mission to save the planet, with a snowplow. With tractor wheels rolling and ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Ice core measurements are scientists’ best tool for analyzing the atmospheric changes that occurred ...

Ice cores taken from glaciers reveal the air pollution of the past, using atmospheric particles incorporated in snow that fell on the glacier and became ice. Now, scientists have extracted a record of ...

Scientists have long known that Earth was significantly warmer about 3 million years ago, with much higher sea levels. Evidence includes discoveries made more than a century ago of temperate and ...