The bright white surface of sea ice plays an important role in slowing warming as it reflects sunlight back into space, in what is known as the albedo effect. Conversely, its melting creates a ...

According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), last month was the second warmest March on record and the hottest ...

The Arctic's winter ice extent reached its lowest recorded level in March since satellite monitoring began in 1979. On March ...

The maximum extent of Arctic winter sea ice is well below the long-term average, with mean March levels at a record lowrigen ...

Arctic sea ice extent in March averaged 14.14 million square kilometres, the lowest in the 47-year satellite record and ...

Antarctica is coming apart, crumbling into the sea, much, much faster than anybody ever thought possible. After all, it was ...

当南极海冰达到夏季最小值时，北极海冰覆盖范围也正接近卫星观测史上最低的冬季水平。今年2月中旬，全球海冰覆盖面积比2010年之前的平均水平减少了约250万平方公里（100万平方英里）。这意味着地球缺失的海冰面积足以覆盖美国密西西比河以东的整个大陆区域。

Arctic sea ice hit a historic low this winter, shrinking to the smallest extent ever recorded at its seasonal peak. NASA and ...

A new study has found the cause of the islands appearing, and it has huge implications for the future of the world.

The most important thing for them to experience,” he says, “is how difficult this is.” In the depths of the cold war, US ...

The formation of sea ice also makes the surrounding water saltier, as salt is pushed out when water freezes. If less sea ice forms, there is less of this cold, dense, briny water, called 'Antarctic ...