Arctic has lost more sea ice this year than at any time since satellite records began in 1979, Nasa says. Scientists involved in the calculations say it is part of a fundamental change.

Arctic and Antarctic regions faced significant ice losses in 2024, with Arctic sea ice reaching its seventh-lowest extent on ...

In an excerpt from his new book, ‘Into the Thaw,’ Jon Waterman vividly depicts one of his most painful expedition moments ...

The key to understanding shifts in climate and life on Earth is sustained long-term research. Enabling this research to take ...

In 2024, NASA-sponsored researchers embarked on the Arctic Radiation-Cloud-Aerosol-Surface Interaction Experiment (ARCSIX) in Greenland to explore the rapid decline of Arctic sea ice. Utilizing three ...

Each decade around 13% of the ice in the Arctic Ocean is lost, but scientists are now exploring whether new technology can help refreeze the sea ice and halt its rapid decline. Such is the rate of ...

The Arctic summer sea ice minimum also stayed low this year, at 4.28 million km² (1.65 million mi²), making it the 7th lowest minimum in the satellite record. So far, 2012 saw the record minimum ...

Three Alaska women have been selected as Fulbright Arctic Initiative scholars. We learn about their international research ...

In the Arctic, landslide-like features known as mega retrogressive thaw slumps are threatening infrastructure, altering ...

Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge remains one of America’s most pristine places. This fall’s election could decide whether the U.S. drills for oil there.

ON HUDSON BAY (AP) — Searching for polar bears where the Churchill River dumps into Canada's massive Hudson Bay, biologist Geoff York scans a region that's on a low fat, low ice diet because of ...

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