Ice floating on water seems simple, but the science behind it is surprisingly fascinating. This explains how water behaves differently from most substances, why ice is less dense than liquid water, ...

A sediment core spanning millions of years and new modeling studies point to significant ice retreat under temperatures similar to today.

[CLIP: Skates cut across the ice at an ice rink, and music plays in the background.] Kendra Pierre-Louis: So we’re out here today in lower Manhattan ice-skating. There are lots of kids skating around, ...

Deep inside the Greenland ice sheet are giant swirling plume-like structures. These have puzzled scientists for over a decade, but UiB researchers now believe they have cracked the mystery by applying ...