Typically, sometime in March every year at the end of the long Arctic winter, the maximum of Arctic sea ice extent is reached ...

The rate of Arctic surface warming has reached 2 to 4 times the global average—a phenomenon known as "Arctic amplification." Traditional theories ...

Liam Kelleher and Alice Philips from the University of Birmingham carry out microplastics research at Ny-Ålesund in Norway (Credit: Iain Rudkin) Scientists in the high Arctic are lifting their ...

Southern Ocean warming may have a greater impact than Arctic warming in some regions, particularly affecting tropical ...

A new study has shed light on the highly variable and climate-sensitive routes that substances from Siberian rivers use to travel across the Arctic Ocean. The findings raise fresh concerns about ...