One of the biggest challenges in predicting Antarctica's deeply uncertain future is understanding exactly what's driving its ...

This summer will see record low Arctic ice and Russia has stolen a march on militarizing the strategic region.

The Copernicus Climate Change Service has revealed that March 2025 saw the lowest sea ice maximum extent in the 47-year ...

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

The winter growth period for sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is now over, with levels at a record low. The winter ice extent on ...

Sea ice plays many important roles for the global climate: Its white surface can reflect energy back into space, helping the ...

The formation of sea ice also makes the surrounding water saltier, as salt is pushed out when water freezes. If less sea ice ...

The meltdown extends beyond the Arctic. Antarctica recently flirted with a record low in its own annual sea ice minimum – ...

To make matters worse, NASA scientists also discovered that, this year, summer ice in the Antarctic retreated to 764,000 square miles (1.98 million square kilometers) as of March 1, tying for "the ...

A major ocean current in the Arctic, the Beaufort Gyre, is changing rapidly due to climate warming—and this could trigger a ...

The amount of springtime sea ice in the Arctic set a record low this month, continuing a trend of shrinking ice at the top of the world.

The strongest ocean current on Earth circles Antarctica. It’s the primary way water moves between the Atlantic, Pacific and ...