A new review paper, led by NSIDC senior research scientist Julienne Stroeve and published in Science on February 6, 2025, ...

The sea ice in the Arctic was the second lowest on record for January last month, according to a US analysis released Tuesday ...

As Arctic sea ice continues to thin and shrink, an essential feature of its ecosystem—pressure ridges—is becoming ...

In 2016, nearly 200 world leaders pledged to do everything possible to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Since ...

The non-profit Arctic Ice Project was experimenting with using silica beads to slow ice melt in the Arctic, but tests showed ...

The Tuvaijuittuq Marine Protected Area is shaded, and the region of residual multiyear Arctic sea ice is dotted. Credit: Communications Earth & Environment (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02034-5. The ...

In 2024, annual average global air temperatures surpassed 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time, ...

All of these changes, we can plot them and if we look exponentially, we see catastrophic effects in the next few years, ...

The opening up of the polar region has become such a pressing issue that a new Arctic ministerial policy group - spanning nine departments - has been set up ...

Past colonial atrocities and catastrophes have not deterred today’s global powers from vying for control of the Arctic.

The Arctic region has shifted from storing carbon dioxide to releasing it into the atmosphere, according to the 2024 Arctic ...

A fat polar bear is a bear more likely to thrive in its extreme Arctic environment. So, when scientists discovered polar bear ...