Between snowy winters and holiday songs, many animals come to mind during Christmas. There are polar bears wearing Santa hats and red-nosed reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh. Turtle doves and the ...

According to NASA, Greenland's melting glaciers currently contribute more freshwater to sea level rise than any other source does. GREENLAND (KABC) -- On this episode of "Earth on the Edge," we're ...

The polar ice caps are melting. And this has already led to an increase in the sea level. Between now and 2100, it is estimated that the sea level will rise anywhere from 1 foot up to 7 feet. But that ...

TUKTOYAKTUK, Northwest Territories (AP) -The Arctic Ocean has given up tens of thousands more square miles (square kilometers) of ice on Sunday in a relentless summer of melt, with scientists watching ...

The north pole of Mars is slowly sinking under the weight of an ice cap that only formed within the past few million years. And, in the process, it's telling us something about what the planet's ...

(Corrects word in fourth paragraph to "sheet" from "sheath") By Amanda Beck SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Arctic ice at the North Pole melted at a record rate in the summer of 2007, the latest ...