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

An audacious NASA mission suggests that dust blown north from Greenland couldhelp explain why Arctic ice is melting even ...

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, ...

Dubbed the “last ice area,” this frozen stronghold is home to iconic Arctic wildlife: polar bears, beluga whales ... could speed up Antarctic ice shelf melt and alter worldwide weather patterns.

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

NASA’s most ambitious Arctic research mission yet has uncovered unexpectedly high concentrations of ice particles in clouds ...

"One of the consequences of a warmer world is melting sea ice, and the record or near-record ... and hunting grounds for species like polar bears, seals, and, in Antarctica, penguins.

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 ...