A study in Scientific Reports shows the potential of passive microwave observations from satellites to estimate the thickness and winter volume of Arctic sea ice. The sea ice, formed by freezing ...

Melting Antarctic ice continues to cause sea levels to rise, with the potential to affect millions of people living along ...

Arctic Report Card, released Dec. 10, we brought together 97 scientists from 11 countries, with expertise ranging from wildlife to wildfire and sea ice to snow, to report on the state of the Arctic ...

Antarctic sea ice reached record lows in 2023, triggering major ocean heat loss, increased storm activity, and shifts in ...

The Arctic is home to pristine artifacts. A few archeologists are rushing to find them, and the critical clues they can offer ...

Arctic sea ice has been thinning and covering less ... are currently healthy despite sea ice decline and warming ocean waters in their Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort sea habitats.

The sea ice cap grows during the cold Arctic winters and shrinks when temperatures climb again, but over the last three decades, satellites have observed a 13% decline per decade in the summertime ...

"We have freshwater rivers flowing into the area and cold water coming in from the Arctic ... The decline is tied to the ...

“Particularly the large migratory herds, including the Western Arctic herd, have shown significant drops in population numbers, and they’re not recovering,” Thoman said. “Now it’s not all bad news.

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Simultaneously, the impacts of climate change are growing, increasing Arctic wildfires, affecting buildings and roads as permafrost thaws, and increasing flooding and coastal erosion as sea levels ...

Over the Arctic Report Card’s 19 years ... are currently healthy despite sea ice decline and warming ocean waters in their Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort sea habitats. However, ringed seals ...