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An iceberg floating off the Rydberg Peninsula, observed during Operation IceBridge's 2017 Antarctic campaign.
science

Antarctica Is Losing 250 Billion Tons of Ice Per Year

For nearly 40 years, this loss has accelerated at a devastating clip.
Matthew Taub January 14, 2019
The delicate-looking ice is a fleeting wonder.
nature

'Hair Ice' Covered a South Carolina Park Like Beautiful, Gossamer Trash

A ranger initially mistook the clumps for wads of wet toilet paper.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 3, 2018
A map of the topography, showing the crater.
meteorites

A Massive Meteorite Crater Has Been Hiding Under Greenland's Ice

It ranks in the top 25 largest impact craters ever discovered.
Sarah Laskow November 15, 2018
climate change

Exploring the Tragic Beauty of Greenland's Melting Ice Sheets

From above, the textured landscape can be almost abstract.
Sarah Laskow November 5, 2018
At first, the message seemed to come out of nowhere.
exploration

The Remarkable Photo at the Heart of 'The White Darkness'

It shows a message, carved in ice, from one polar explorer to another.
David Grann November 1, 2018
A simulated perspective of Ahuna Mons, based on images taken from Dawn in 2016, at an altitude of 240 miles.
volcanoes

Instead of Hot Lava, These Cosmic Volcanoes Spew Ice

The dwarf planet Ceres is studded with cryovolcanoes.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 17, 2018
Sailors transporting ice to India on board the British troop ship <em>HMS Serapis</em>, 1875.
ships

The British Couldn’t Take India's Heat, So They Imported Ice From New England

Sailing frozen lake water across the world was big business.
Meher Mirza September 12, 2018
Gastro Obscura

Bao Bing

This sweet treat has been cool for more than 1,000 years.
Gastro Obscura

Iceberg Beer

A Newfoundland brewery makes beer from glaciers that float along the shore.
A Negroni featuring iceberg ice.
Gastro Obscura

Iceberg Ice

In Newfoundland, the icebergs that float along the coast may end up in your cocktail.
Precariously perched.
Lancaster, England

Norber Erratics

A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.
Gastro Obscura

Eisbock

Brewers freeze their beer to make this high-octane, sweet style.
A nemotode worm like the ones found in the Siberian permafrost, drawn in 1792.
news

Siberian Worms Survived More Than 30,000 Years Stuck in Permafrost

The worms, all female, thawed out and started eating.
Sarah Laskow July 30, 2018
Gastro Obscura

Piccadilly Raspa

Kool-Aid and pickles make this Southwestern snow cone an unforgettable flavor bomb.
Gastro Obscura

Cholado

The cool Colombian treat blends shaved ice with syrup, fruit, and anything from wafer cookies to cheese.
The calving front of the Helheim glacier.
glaciers

See a Giant Iceberg Fall Into the Sea

Scientists filmed the break-up of a Greenland glacier.
Sarah Laskow July 9, 2018
B-15Z is cracking up.
death

The Impending Doom of the Largest Iceberg Anyone's Ever Measured

One of the last pieces of the chunk known as B-15 is cracking up.
Sarah Laskow June 6, 2018
An array of Nutcracker flavors.
Gastro Obscura

Nutcracker

This cocktail is a New York City summertime staple, albeit an illegal one.