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

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

The melting of the Greenland ice sheet is now the largest contributor to sea level rise, and scientists at UNH are traveling ...

Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving the planet ...

The extent of sea ice blanketing the Arctic this winter fell to the lowest level on record, researchers announced this week, ...

This year's Arctic sea ice peak is the lowest in the 47-year satellite record, according to data released by the US National ...

Since then, the ice has already begun to melt again. “Sea ice is acting like ... The consequences would be dire for seals, polar bears and other wildlife, which depend on a stable sea ice ...

Melting Arctic sea ice - mostly in the summer - is making the polar bear population smaller, weaker and hungrier because they rely on the sea ice to hunt from, scientists said. And winter sea ice ...

The Arctic has ended the winter with the lowest sea ice coverage on record, US scientists have said. Arctic sea ice melts and regrows over the year, freezing throughout the winter months to reach a ...

When reflective ice gives way to the dark ocean, the sun's energy, instead of bouncing back into space, is absorbed by the water, warming it and fueling further ice melt and global warming.