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For many, the sight of vast ice caps at Earth’s poles seems like an unshakable feature of our planet. Yet, a new study ...

Researchers found that Earth’s rotation is speeding up ever so slightly due to melting ice caps, which could force officials to consider a “negative leap second” by next decade. If the trend ...

The north pole of Mars is slowly sinking under the weight of an ice cap that only formed within the past few million years. And, in the process, it's telling us something about what the planet's ...

BUT THE ICE IS MELTING FAST. THE GREENLAND ICE CAP IS NOW THE THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE. IT’S OUTSTRIPPED THE GENERAL WARMING OF THE OCEAN, AND IT’S CONTRIBUTING MORE ...

Together, the group has been able to determine the Red Planet’s interior structure and assess the age of its northern polar ice cap. The north pole of Mars is covered by a 1000-kilometre-wide, ...

U.N. experts say the ice cap on Africa's biggest peak, Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, is among world-famous glaciers predicted to melt by 2050 due to climate change. Julius Keyyu of the Tanzania ...

Those who venture onto the Müller Ice Cap experience something akin to walking on a giant snow-covered roof. Vast, high and more than 600 metres thick, the ice cap sits astride Axel Heiberg ...