When sea ice forms later, the communities of tiny algae that live within it change too. Detecting these early signals now ...

An abrupt change in Antarctica has caused the continent to gain ice. But this increase, documented in NASA satellite data, is ...

Melting sea ice is a global issue with far-reaching consequences.  As the Arctic and Antarctic are losing ice faster than ...

Predicting the extent of Arctic sea ice in September has significant implications for climate change and shipping in the ...

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are on course for rapid retreat, even collapse, leading to multiple feet of sea level ...

If Earth stays at its current levels of warming — below policymakers’ goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius — polar ice sheets may melt ...

Rising seas will severely test humanity's resilience in the second half of the 21st century and beyond, even if nations defy ...

The sea ice in Antarctica’s McMurdo Sound has held secrets beneath its surface for decades. Now, scientists have unlocked ...

Across the whole of 2024, warming was observed and sea ice extent measured lower than the 1979 annual average by about 11 percent, according to NSIDC data. According to the National Oceanic and ...

A haze of ice crystals in the air created a halo around the low sun as three snowmobiles thundered onto the sea ice on a ...

While no itinerary changes have been made yet, sea ice may still force Carnival Pride to alter course on a sailing to ...

The polar regions are cold, remote and off-putting, but there are thousands of polar words in English – and not just words ...