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 NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), which use ...

There is now less sea-ice surrounding the Antarctic continent than at any time since we began using satellites to measure it in the late 1970s. It is the southern hemisphere summer, when you'd ...

A key indicator of Antarctic sea ice levels has hit a record low, according to preliminary research. Antarctica’s peak sea ice level this year, 6.55 million square miles, was the lowest in the ...

Antarctic sea ice continues to reach dire new lows. As the BBC reports, new satellite imagery from the National Snow and Ice Data Center reveals that sea ice levels at our planet's South Pole ...

With a month to run, 2023 will reach global warming of about 1.4 degrees Celsius (2.5 Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels, ...

A multinational group on Antarctic conservation failed to break a years-long deadlock and agree new marine reserves in the region, despite record low ice, environmental groups said Friday. The ...

This year is set to be the hottest ever recorded, the UN said Thursday, demanding urgent action to rein in global warming and ...

As countries meet in Dubai to negotiate emissions reductions, the world is heating up faster than ever. Without further cuts, ...