We often see photographs that show how glaciers have diminished in size over the last century. The recession of glaciers is a ...

The tricks of artificial cold were once regarded with suspicion and awe. Twilley describes the world’s first cold-storage ...

Scientists have discovered that Arctic glaciers are leaking massive amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

An equally diverse cryosphere sits on this assorted landscape, including a vast snow cover, mountain glaciers and ice caps, rock glaciers and mountain permafrost. Despite the mounting evidence of a ...

Cryosphere and polar science study the frozen water part of the Earth system, ranging from the glaciers of Greenland to the ice sheets of the Antarctic. Antarctica photo by Jack Pan.

Over 45% of Himachal Pradesh is highly prone to floods, landslides, and avalanches according to IIT Ropar. The study used ...

Greenland's ice sheet currently spans over 1.7 million square kilometers and is the largest freshwater reservoir in the ...

The vast landmass is melting quickly due to climate change, and may rapidly cause the complete loss of the island's ice.

The formation, movement and melting of icebergs offer insights into some of the most extreme areas of the cryosphere, like Antarctica and Greenland.