According to climate scientists, record levels of Arctic ice in 2025 could increase cold spells in the United States and ...

As I walked out onto the frozen Arctic water off Utqiagvik, Alaska, for the first time, I was mesmerized by the icescape.

Melting sea ice is a global issue with far-reaching consequences. As the Arctic and Antarctic are losing ice faster than expected, experts are noticing damaging ripple effects. Sea ice forms on the ...

In late March, when sea ice extension in the Arctic should be at its highest, scientists studied satellites showing how far the ice reached across the region. What they found was the lowest extension ...

Laura L. Landrum is in the Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado 80307, USA. Alice. K. DuVivier is in the Climate and Global ...

Craig Stevens receives funding from the New Zealand Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), Antarctica New Zealand Antarctic Science Platform (ASP-ANTA1801), MBIE Strategic Science ...

Scientists have solved part of a longstanding mystery on how a gigantic hole in Antarctica's sea ice formed. Scientists first discovered the mysterious hole, known as a polynya, in the 1970s. It was ...

Sara Labrousse is affiliated with LOCEAN/CNRS. Michelle LaRue receives funding from the National Science Foundation and NASA. Sorbonne Université provides funding as a founding partner of The ...

Researchers have discovered a dramatic and unexpected shift in the Southern Ocean, with surface water salinity rising and sea ice in steep decline. Since 2015, Antarctica has lost sea ice equal to the ...