Arctic temperatures spiked 36 degrees Fahrenheit, or 20 Celsius, above normal. By the end of the month, sea ice was at its ...

Sea ice cover in both the Antarctic and Arctic remained far below average throughout February as global average temperatures ...

Global sea ice hit a record low for February, with Arctic and Antarctic ice levels far below average. Rising global temperatures are driving ice loss, accelerating ocean warming and extreme weather ...

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 of decline.

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

Its decline accelerates global warming, increases sea level rise and helps to drive more extreme weather. The Arctic is the early warning system for climate change and the loss of sea ice is a ...

Map of Arctic Ocean sea ice at 2024 summer minimum extent, compared to the median extent from 1981-2010. (NOAA) Global sea ice reached a new record low in February, according to the European Union's ...

According to data from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), this decline is a stark ... on polar regions and beyond. Arctic sea ice extent was approximately 8% below ...