On decadal timescales, the loss of Arctic ice favors the climate of the south-west of the United States -- and California in particular -- becoming drier on average, especially in winter.

Polar ice caps are melting as global warming causes climate change. We lose Arctic sea ice at a rate of almost 13% per decade, and over the past 30 years, the oldest and thickest ice in the Arctic has ...

Last month was extreme: Temperatures in parts of the Arctic spiked 36 degrees Fahrenheit, or 20 Celsius, above normal. By the end of the month, sea ice was at its lowest level ever recorded for ...

Arctic ice is renowned for its shimmering beauty, forming a colossal frozen cap that crowns our planet. Its reflective surface dances with light, resembling an enormous, natural mirror.

Erin Hassanzadeh reports on how the decrease Arctic ice is shrinking polar bears' natural habitat.

There is much scientific disagreement about the remote effects of Arctic sea ice loss. So far, many studies have focused on the long-term effects, on a scale of centuries. Others have investigated ...

Since 1979, the Arctic has lost 40% of its late-summer ice cover, Cavallo said ... not a lot of money for these towns to just completely pick up and move somewhere else. The people that live ...

According to the 2021 book “Camp Century: The Untold Story of America’s Secret Arctic Military ... if you had to pick one,” said Bierman, who is the author of “When the Ice Is Gone ...

which combines the amount of sea ice present in the Arctic and Antarctic, hit a new low in early February and remained below the previous record from 2023 for the rest of the month. In particular ...