This year's peak ice cover was 1.32 million square kilometers below the average levels recorded between 1981 and 2010, ...

Antarctica’s summer sea ice has dropped to one of its lowest extents ever recorded, shrinking to levels 30% below the ...

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 ...

Researchers reveal that Arctic sea ice has reached its lowest level on record this winter, signalling alarming trends in ...

Arctic sea ice has recorded its smallest winter peak extent since satellite records began 47 years ago, new data reveals.

Scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) have said that Arctic sea ice most likely reached its yearly ...

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

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

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

Arctic winter sea ice reached its lowest extent on record at its annual peak on March 22, 2025, while global ice coverage also hit a record low in mid-February. On March 22, 2025, Arctic sea ice ...

While Arctic sea ice extent hasn’t definitively reached its seasonal peak yet at the time of writing, the melting season is about to begin any day now, at which point it will be clear whether this was ...

One of the ocean currents in the Arctic Ocean is at risk of disappearing this century because of climate change, according to ...