A new Nature Physics study has shed light on the long-hypothesized liquid-liquid critical point where water simultaneously ...

Arctic daily sea ice extent continued to hover near record daily lows in January, with the ice edge well northward of its long-term average position in most areas. In contrast to the cold conditions ...

Where would carbon-based life be without carbon? There are 118 known chemical elements, but carbon is the fourth most ...

Snow is made up of trillions of tiny ice crystals to make snowflakes, with not one alike. Here's how they form.

In everyday life, we typically encounter water in one of three familiar states—solid, liquid or gas. But there are in fact ...

Water’s interactions at interfaces, spanning the hydrophobic to hydrophilic spectrum, can significantly influence the behavior of molecules and materials in contact with an aqueous ... the relative ...

Water is ubiquitous and seemingly ordinary, possessing no distinct color or odor. Though we often take water for granted, it is by no means a simple substance. As a consequence of its chemical ...

Water from melting snow on the surface can flow through crevasses all the way to the base of the ice, joining with other hidden streams to form a vast drainage system that affects how fast ...

As indivisible units of life, the cells of all organisms consist of four fundamental macromolecular components: nucleic acids (including DNA and RNA), proteins, lipids and glycans. From the ...

The 'Last Ice Area' is expected to be the final place in the Arctic where ice persists all year round even as our planet warms up – but a new study suggests the region, and the ecosystem that relies ...

Dancing on Ice sees celebrities learning a whole new skill, perfecting their spins, jumps and glides as they gracefully skate around the rink alongside their professional partner. Although it ...