The study finds that Heard Island, a sub-Antarctic territory located 4,100 km southwest of Perth in Western Australia, has lost around 64 square km, or 23 percent, of its glacier coverage since 1947, ...

Global warming does not affect our planet evenly. Some areas such as the Arctic region or high mountain peaks warm faster than the global average, whereas others, including large parts of the tropical ...

Almost a quarter of the glaciers in one of the world's last pristine ecosystems have melted from climate change, according to ...

After Earth’s greatest extinction, it wasn’t just volcanic fury that kept the planet hot; it was the death of tropical ...

A team of scientists from the IBS Center for Climate Physics (ICCP), Pusan National University in South Korea and the Alfred Wegener Institute, ...

Polar Journal AG’s website is a comprehensive platform dedicated to providing information and news about the polar regions, ...

North America and parts of China and Africa among regions set to be hit hardest by extreme wind droughts, find researchers ...

Space powered cooling may be the future of energy as traditional cooling systems contribute to global warming by consuming ...

QUT researchers have developed an advanced remote sensing method for accurately detecting and mapping Antarctica's delicate ...

Switzerland spends almost $500m a year on protective structures. Is it worth it - or, as some suggest, should people move ...

Lanternfish collapse during low oxygen periods. Their loss threatens food chains and carbon storage worldwide.