Will ice floating in the Arctic Ocean move faster or slower over ... "It doesn't change the fact that sea ice cover is steadily declining, right? This is a concern because of the impact on ...

Ice coverage for all of the Great Lakes combined was 23.21% – the highest since February 26, 2022, when it was 56.1%. At the ...

In the Arctic, September sea ice has shrunk by a rate of more than ... According to NASA, the difference in ice cover this year compared to the average from 1981 to 2010 represents an area larger ...

If sea ice and its denizens are to be protected ... In some earlier climate models, Pfirman says, the Arctic’s ice cover simply retreated evenly along its southern flank as the planet warmed ...

Investment in Pituffik has been inconsistent, however, and its importance has waned since the Cold War. Renewed attention to ...

The level of Arctic sea ice has declined starkly in recent decades ... such as negatively impacting the wildlife living there by reducing snow cover, as well as potentially creating a lower ...

We use climate models to provide insights into changes in the Arctic Ocean and its sea ice cover as well as into changes in the ocean in past climates. The focus of the group is currently is on ...

As Arctic sea ice thinned, it was thought that a weaker, more dynamic ice cover might become more heavily deformed and ridged. Now, analysis of three decades of airborne observations shows instead ...

“The Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on the planet,” says Heinerth. “And it’s really evident here.” Sea ice is dynamic. It expands and contracts, melts and freezes; it’s ...

In September of each year, Arctic sea ice is at its minimum ... Earth’s freshwater is frozen in ice sheets in the polar regions. These large expanses of ice cover great land masses. Where they meet ...

The Arctic’s “Last Ice Area” (LIA), a critical habitat for animals that depend on sea ice, could vanish within a decade after ...

the day the Arctic becomes ice-free will mark the alteration of a defining feature of the region: its year-round sea ice and snow cover. This transformation is driven by human activities ...