They should be shivering in fright because an ice-free Arctic Ocean could be an event big enough to tip the world’s climate into much faster, irreversible warming.

An international team of scientists from Sweden, Norway, Japan, and Switzerland, has presented research findings that reveal ...

The Polarstern's current expedition, called ArcWatch, includes more than 50 biologists, chemists and other scientists using ...

"Antarctic sea ice reached its lowest maximum extent on record on Sept. 10 at a time when the ice cover should have been ...

It's not a great year for polar sea ice. Both the Arctic and Antarctic have seen record lows in sea ice extent, according to ...

W INTER IS COMING to an end in Antarctica, while summer is wrapping up at the other end of the globe. During this time, sea ...

Meanwhile, Antarctic sea ice reached a record-breaking minimum, hitting its lowest maximum extent on September 10 ...

An international team of scientists from Sweden, Norway, Japan, and Switzerland, has presented research findings that reveal a crucial role of biological particles, including pollen, spores, and ...

Antarctic sea ice was reported last Feb. 13 to consist of just 737,000 square miles (1.91 million square kilometers). These figures meant a significant drop from the 741,000 square miles (1.92 ...

News outlets are reporting the Arctic is getting very warm and the surrounding sea ice is taking a hit. Temperatures are 15 degrees higher than normal, glaciers are retreating, and the north shore of ...

Images captured by a University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist were incorporated into clothing, showing how brittle new sea ...

For millennia, Greenland's Arctic lakes have locked up vast stores of carbon. In a warming climate, scientists think that ...