As small glaciers in China’s arid north-west melt, scientists scramble to understand the changes taking place.

Some Northern CA cities have been soaked with almost twice their average rain, while southern cities are bone-dry. This season’s huge — possibly unprecedented — disparity works in favor of water ...

Widespread coastal melting occurred in Antarctica through the second half of December and is continuing in the first few days of the new year in several areas.

Frigid air that normally stays in the Arctic has escaped, plunging deep into the United States for an extended visit that is expected to provoke teeth-chattering but not be record-shattering.