Over the past few decades, sea ice across the Arctic Ocean has gotten smaller and thinner. Compared to the 1980s, today's end-of-summer Arctic sea ice extent is about half.

As Arctic sea ice melts, Russia is racing to control new trade routes, extract untapped resources, and cement its military ...

The claim: Arctic sea ice reached a 30-year high in May 2022. Arctic sea ice – frozen seawater that floats on the ocean – is disappearing because of climate change.. The area sea ice covers at ...

Arctic heat wave 600 times more likely due to climate change, study finds 00:54. Just 15 years from now, the Arctic Ocean may be functionally ice-free for part of the year, a new study has found ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater ...

The extent of the sea ice winter maximum in the Arctic is at its fifth-lowest level since the 1970s, and is massively below average.

Less Sea Ice Means More Arctic Trees—Which Means Trouble White spruce are spreading in the high north, thanks to extra snow. That “Arctic greening” has serious climate implications.

The Arctic is seeing a rapid decline in sea ice even during the cold winter months when it should be recovering from the summer melt. Scientists say that one, often overlooked, factor is playing a ...

Ice loss in Antarctica and its impact on the planet - sea level rise, changes to ocean currents and disturbance of wildlife ...

Arctic sea-ice coverage is typically lowest in September, at the end of the summer, before growing again in the colder, darker autumn and winter months and peaking in March.

Melting Arctic sea-ice could affect global ocean circulation Date: October 27, 2024 Source: UiT The Arctic University of Norway Summary: The warming climate in polar regions may significantly ...

Antarctic sea ice recently reached an all-time record wintertime low, scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center announced.. The mark was set "by a wide margin," the center said in a ...