This new record low is yet another indicator of how Arctic sea ice has fundamentally changed from earlier decades,” said ...

Much of the ice in the Arctic winter is known as multiyear ice because it can be built up over periods as long as a decade.

The extent of sea ice blanketing the Arctic this winter fell to the lowest level on record, researchers announced this week, ...

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

An audacious NASA mission suggests that dust blown north from Greenland couldhelp explain why Arctic ice is melting even ...

Modern society, and the clean energy revolution, depend on rare earth elements. Can Greenland help break China’s stranglehold ...

Arctic sea ice had its weakest winter buildup since record-keeping began 47 years ago. Scientists say it's a symptom of ...

By determining which ice sheets melted to create a colossal increase in sea levels 14,500 years ago, scientists hope to ...

Now, new geological data show that sea levels rose about 125 feet (38 meters) between 11,000 and 3,000 years ago, according ...

Sea ice melt is not a significant contributor to sea level rise, but its contribution is not nothing, either. Sea ice is ...

Researchers found increased meltwater and rain explain 60% of a decades-long mismatch between predicted and observed temperatures in the ocean around Antarctica.