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.

During this time, sea ice in the south reaches its highest yearly extent, whereas in the north it drops to its annual minimum ...

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

Sea ice levels around Antarctica just registered a record low — and by a wide margin — as winter comes to a close, according ...

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

Lake SS85 is one of hundreds of lakes dotting this 90-mile-wide fringe of land between the towering Greenland Ice Sheet and ...

Sea ice that packs the ocean around Antarctica hit record low levels this winter, the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center ...

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 ...

Global sea ice extent is at a record low for this time of year, due to rapid Antarctic sea ice melt and below-average Arctic ...

An international team of scientists has presented research findings that reveal a crucial role of biological particles, including pollen, spores, and bacteria, in the formation of ice within Arctic ...