Melting water causing Antarctic ice to b...

CHICAGO, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- A team of scientists from the University of Chicago (UChicago) and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences has for the first time directly observ

Chinese ice sculptures amaze Markham Ice...

TORONTO, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- "We are thrilled to welcome these talented artists to Markham and we thank them for creating mesmerizing works of art," said Frank Scarpitti, mayor of Canadian city of Ma

Mongolia to hold ice festival to attract...

ULAN BATOR, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia will hold an annual ice festival called "The Blue Pearl 2019" on March 2-4 at Khuvsgul Lake, local media reported on Saturday, citing the Governor's Office of

Ottawa hosts first World Club Crew Ice D...

OTTAWA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The first World Club Crew Ice Dragon Boat Championships (WCCIC) of International Ice Dragon Boat Federation (IIDBF) was held Saturday in Dows Lake, Ottawa. Altogether 125 t

China's largest ice cave groups debut in...

A rare scenic collection of 14 ice cave groups has been found in Yunqiu Mountain in Xiangning County, north China's Shanxi Province. Thick ice froze inside the caves with numerous sparkling icicles h

Greenland ice melts faster than estimate...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Greenland has gone through an "unprecedented" period of mass ice loss within the last two decades, according to a latest study. The study, published earlier this week

Antarctica ice melts 6 times faster than...

American and Dutch scientists found that yearly ice mass loss in Antarctica increased sixfold in the past 40 years. The study published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sci

Old man and dog rescued after falling th...

An old man was trapped after trying to pull out a pet that fell into an ice-covered river in Shandong, China. Watch how he was rescued.