A sharp spike in Greenland temperatures since 1995 showed the giant northern island 2.7 degrees (1.5 degrees Celsius) hotter than its 20th-century average, the warmest in more than 1,000 years, ...

New analyses of ancient ice from Antarctica and the air contained inside it are extending the history of Earth's climate records and expanding researchers' understanding of how the planet has changed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Antarctic ice reveals 3 million years of climate history, with cooling tied to only modest greenhouse gas changes. (CREDIT: OSU) ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Ice core measurements are scientists’ best tool for analyzing the atmospheric changes that occurred ...

As the planet continues to warm, the world is losing 273 billion tonnes of glacial ice every year, and scientists are scrambling to preserve the climate data locked within these glaciers. On Wednesday ...

Frozen air from Antarctica is giving scientists a longer look at a climate mystery that has lingered for decades: why Earth cooled so much over the past 3 million years even though its greenhouse gas ...

New analyses by Oregon State University and Princeton University researchers of ancient ice from Antarctica and the air contained inside it are extending the history of Earth’s climate records and ...