Pigmented algae are well adapted to grow on exposed ice in the Arctic as the snow line recedes, raising concerns of a ...

Arctic cyclones may be accelerating sea ice loss by breaking ice into smaller pieces and driving upwelling of warm water. A study links these storms to rapid ice depletion and suggests that tropopause ...

Giant cyclones of snow and ice are breaking up thin ice in the Arctic, leading to rapid ice loss events, and it’s happening ...

Arctic sea-ice is currently at its smallest recorded extent for the time of year, while Antarctic sea-ice is close to a new ...

A new study published in Communications Earth & Environment gives possible insight into the underprediction of sea ice ...

Earth passed the 1.5°C warming limit in 2024. The Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the world.

The country has a growing confluence of scientific, commercial and strategic plans to boost its presence. Read more at ...

The North Pole was above freezing on Sunday after an extreme winter warming event caused temperatures to climb more than 36 F ...

Close-up of a newly formed pressure ridge in the Arctic Ocean. (Andreas Preusser/Alfred-Wegener-Institut) As Arctic sea ice continues to thin and shrink, an essential feature of its ecosystem ...

The rapid melting and thinning of the Arctic ice have sparked serious concerns in the scientific community. In addition, sea ice thickness also has decreased, which makes ice cover more vulnerable ...

"Our proposed autonomous observation platform system offers a comprehensive approach to studying the Arctic environment and monitoring the impact of melting sea ice," said Tsung-Chow Su, Sc.D ...

Researchers have designed an alternative, autonomous observational method to monitor the Arctic’s melting ice, which holds ...