In addition to endangering humans, melting sea ice can also harm wildlife. According to the WWF, the loss of sea ice can ...

The US West Coast is the world's worst mega-drying region. The world is losing fresh water at an unprecedented rate, two ...

The planet has endured massive freshwater losses over the past two decades due to the combined effects of climate change, ...

Since 2002, all of Earth’s continents have experienced “unprecedented freshwater loss” driven by climate change, unsustainable groundwater use and extreme droughts, new satellite observations have ...

New findings from studying over two decades of satellite observations reveal that the Earth’s continents have experienced ...

Satellite data reveals Earth's continents are drying at an alarming rate, threatening water security for billions and accelerating sea level rise.

The ice caps which cover our planet's poles are key to understanding global weather patterns and changing climate. But we ...

Now, a new study that examines the world’s total supply of fresh water — accounting for its rivers and rain, ice and aquifers together — warns that Earth’s most essential resource is quickly ...

Landscapes left behind by ancient rivers and buried beneath the Antarctic ice may affect the rate of ice loss, researchers ...

Climate change is an existential problem of “planetary proportions” that affects all forms of life and the very health of the ...

Landscapes left behind by ancient ­rivers and buried beneath the Antarctic ice may affect the rate of ice loss, researchers have suggested. In a study published in Nature Geoscience, a team used radio ...

This translates to greater infrastructure damage. Scientists issue warning about concerning trend in extreme US weather: ...