The funding will cover this year's operations of the Sikuliaq, an ice-capable ship used for research cruises around Alaska.

Melting on the Antarctic Ice Sheet for the 2024 to 2025 season began with above average melt extents in all regions, but melt ...

Modified floating wood could seed the formation of new sea ice in the Arctic, helping counteract the rapid decline of ice ...

It's November 2024. Small red flags flap lazily in the breeze on the sea ice in front of Scott Base. They mark a safe route ...

Picture yourself pouring a liter of water into the ocean, the stream quickly disappearing into the surf. Now imagine every ...

This data, which combines the extent of sea ice from the Arctic and Antarctic, has records that date back to the late 1970s. Previously, 2023 held the record low for global ice following decades ...

There is much scientific disagreement about the remote effects of Arctic sea ice loss. So far, many studies have focused on the long-term effects, on a scale of centuries. Others have investigated ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The loss of Arctic sea ice is linked to drier winters in California and wetter winters in the Iberian Peninsula. This conclusion was reached by isolating the ...

One of the most unexpected experiences aboard an Arctic expedition cruise is the opportunity to walk on ice floes – massive pieces of sea ice floating in the Arctic Ocean. During Poseidon ...

and the Antarctic Ice Sheet. This image, recorded by the Sentinel-2 satellite on 12 September 2017, shows the blue glaciers on the reddish-brown Franz Josef Land archipelago north of the 80th parallel ...

Combined Antarctic and Arctic sea ice cover — ocean water that freezes and floats on the surface — dropped to a record minimum extent of 16.04 million square kilometres (6.19 million square miles) on ...