As needle ice forms it tends to push up soil particles, and if there are any, small stones. More needle ice can form on patches of bare soil compared to rock-covered areas, Hallet said. The ice ...

Amid all the changes in Earth's climate, sea ice in the stormy Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica was, for a long time, an odd exception. The maximum winter sea ice cover remained steady or even ...

Chinese ice-ray lattice, or "binglie" as it is called in Chinese, is an intricate pattern that looks like cracked ice and is a common decorative element used in traditional Chinese window designs.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Images snapped from space show the spectacular patterns formed by sea ...

Meier: “What happens in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic.” That’s Walt Meier, a senior research scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado. He says Arctic ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The shrinking of Arctic sea ice could impact daily weather patterns ...

Labyrinths of stones form in cold landscapes when water freezes into ice needles that push pebbles to one side. Overtime, the rising and falling of ice needles move the pebbles into intricate ...

How can climate change influence volcanic activity? This is what a recent study presented at the Goldschmidt Conference in Prague hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated a link between ...

A major shift in western Arctic wind patterns occurred throughout the winter of 2017 and the resulting changes in sea ice movement are possible indicators of a changing climate, says a researcher. A ...

Beneath hundreds of meters of Antarctic ice, in a place no human has ever visited, warm ocean water is quietly eating away at ...

Nature is full of repeating patterns that are part of the beauty of our world. An international team, including a researcher from the University of Washington, used modern tools to explain repeating ...