A research group led by Associate Professor Kohei Mizobata, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, including ...

Arctic winter sea ice reached its lowest extent on record at its annual peak on March 22, 2025, while global ice coverage also hit a record low in mid-February. On March 22, 2025, Arctic sea ice ...

The meltdown extends beyond the Arctic. Antarctica recently flirted with a record low in its own annual sea ice minimum – ...

One of the ocean currents in the Arctic Ocean is at risk of disappearing this century because of climate change, according to ...

A major ocean current in the Arctic, the Beaufort Gyre, is changing rapidly due to climate warming—and this could trigger a ...

Modern society, and the clean energy revolution, depend on rare earth elements. Can Greenland help break China's stranglehold ...

However, Antarctic sea ice, which surrounds the south pole, has shrunk to a near-record low. On 25 February, the Antarctic ...

Sea ice plays many important roles for the global climate: Its white surface can reflect energy back into space, helping the ...

The Arctic reaches its maximum sea ice in March each year and then starts a six-month melt season. The National Snow and Ice ...

Other cruises will continue past years’ monitoring work in the Chukchi and Northern Bering seas, and the final cruise will be ...

“It is very likely that in the future, the Arctic Ocean is going to be another Atlantic or Pacific. There’s debate, but some Earth system models predict that over the next several decades, there will ...

This winter, the ice was thicker, but it didn't form until February, almost six weeks later than it used to. "The past five years in particular have been very low on sea ice around Prince Edward ...