Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving the planet ...

Now, an unprecedented change is pushing in the opposite direction: Global warming has caused polar ice to melt ... The idea that melting ice caps would change the Earth's spin rate was advanced ...

The polar ice caps are melting, and it is, to put it mildly, a problem. Melting glaciers have several environmental and ecological ramifications; those implications include rising sea levels and ...