Most of the sunlight reaching the Arctic Ocean is reflected to space by sea ice, effectively shielding ocean ecosystems from sunlight. As the Arctic sea ice continues its downward trend, larger areas ...

The first summer on record that melts practically all of the Arctic’s sea ice, an ominous milestone for the planet, could occur as early as 2027. “The first ice-free day in the Arctic won’t change ...

Chinese scientists have become the first to visit one of Earth’s most remote and geologically intriguing realms: an ...

NORTH POLE — We haven't had a major dose of snow yet, at least in Utah's lower altitudes, but if you're hankering for a real taste of cold and ice, here you go — a polar bear trudging across the ...

Climate change and the associated rising temperatures are melting more and more frozen ground in the Arctic. This dissolved ...

Led by the European Research Council Synergy Grant project Into the Blue – i2B, the research team studied sediment cores collected from the seafloor of the central Nordic Seas and Yermak Plateau, ...