As the global temperature increases, Earth's oceans are experiencing a huge shift. In addition to commonly known effects, ...

Melting Arctic ice on Baffin Island, Canada, has revealed ancient tundra plants. These well-preserved specimens are over 40,000 years old. Scientists found them in situ, meaning they were buried where ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. A “civil war” is brewing in polar science. As climate change rapidly melts Earth’s ice, sides are being drawn ...

A warming climate could expose a Pennsylvania-sized chunk of ice-free land in Antarctica by 2300, which could drastically reshape Antarctic geopolitics as well as the continent's geography. A study ...