Standing tall with a vertical drop of an astonishing 11,500 feet (3,500 meters), it’s over three times the height of the ...

Each year, millions of people visit Niagara Falls to admire the roaring water cascading over a series of steep rocky […] ...

Unlike glaciers or ice sheets on land, Arctic sea ice is already in the ocean so its melting won't cause sea levels to rise. This is the same reason that a glass full of ice and water doesn't ...

Compared to previous years, later annual freezes in the Arctic Ocean are already happening, leading to more patches of open water. "This open water has a much darker surface and absorbs more ...

Arctic Report Card, released Dec. 10, we brought together 97 scientists from 11 countries, with expertise ranging from wildlife to wildfire and sea ice to snow, to report on the state of the Arctic ...

The debate over deep-sea mining exposes a contradiction between the country’s proud culture of environmental stewardship and ...

Earlier this year our international team of scientists from the Refuge Arctic consortium departed Iqaluit, Nvt. on a 56-day ...

The Arctic of today looks stunningly different from the Arctic of even one to two decades ago. Over the Arctic Report Card’s ...

Sea ice reflects sunlight, helping to cool the Arctic. As sea ice melts, darker ocean water absorbs more heat, leading to further warming. The Arctic ecosystem is already feeling the heat.