As the Arctic region experiences warmer temperatures, and the resultant depleted ice cover, nations must prepare to ...

The amount of springtime sea ice in the Arctic set a record low this month, continuing a trend of shrinking ice at the top of ...

Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving the planet ...

A major ocean current in the Arctic, the Beaufort Gyre, is changing rapidly due to climate warming—and this could trigger a ...

Arctic sea ice had its weakest winter buildup since record-keeping began 47 years ago, a symptom of climate change that will ...

The meltdown extends beyond the Arctic. Antarctica recently flirted with a record low in its own annual sea ice minimum – ...

To make matters worse, NASA scientists also discovered that, this year, summer ice in the Antarctic retreated to 764,000 square miles (1.98 million square kilometers) as of March 1, tying for "the ...

Sea ice plays many important roles for the global climate: Its white surface can reflect energy back into space, helping the ...

A research group led by Associate Professor Kohei Mizobata, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, including ...

Specifically, March sea ice extent in the Arctic this month was the lowest ... Sea ice is frozen ocean water that has an annual cycle of melting during the summer and refreezing in winter.