Iceland is losing its glaciers at an alarming rate — and the world is taking notice. In just 25 years, 70 glaciers have vanished, and the rest are retreating fast. Scientists say the country may be ...

Melting sea ice is a global problem with far-reaching consequences. As the Arctic and Antarctic lose ice faster than expected ...

The disappearance of glaciers is also creating opportunities for the multibillion-dollar mining industry. Like migrating salmon, mineral exploration companies are moving quickly into areas exposed by ...

Konstantine Vlasis never imagined that a single track on a Sigur Rós album would lead him to studying the ice on Iceland's ...

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Researchers are trying to rebuild sea ice above the Arctic Circle so it can reflect the sun’s warming rays, slowing climate ...

A haze of ice crystals in the air created a halo around the low sun as three snowmobiles thundered onto the sea ice on a ...

Who wouldn’t fancy a Nordic grand tour? The region comprises some of the world’s happiest countries. It features glorious ...

Scientists drilled through Antarctic ice to uncover a buried river system that may reshape predictions of melting and ...

The history of Iceland is written in the tephra layers of its landscape, and The Volcanic Way offers an accessible year-round immersion through “slow travel” – in keeping with the unhurried ...

As detailed in a study published April 8 in the journal Geology, the team discovered rocks in Iceland that had likely ... and eventually melt, scattering debris along distant shores,” Gernon ...