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

Modified floating wood could seed the formation of new sea ice in the Arctic, helping counteract the rapid decline of ice ...

Several researchers the Barents Observer spoke with underline that sea ice extent has already changed dramatically. Just a ...

In January 2025, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) partnered with the 144th Airlift Squadron of the Alaska Air National ...

The relatively warm northward winds brought above-freezing temperatures and caused strong sea ice drift toward the central Arctic Ocean, pushing the sea ice edge farther north, Copernicus ...

Sea ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is breaking away from its usual winter rhythms. This year, the ice was drastically below ...

When thinking about the Arctic, images of snow, ice—maybe even a polar bear—likely come to mind. Located at the northernmost ...

The nightmare scenario of Atlantic Ocean currents collapsing, with weather running amok and putting Europe in a deep freeze ... water cools as it reaches the Arctic, forming sea ice.

By coring the seabed at 850 m water depth in Disko Bay off Greenland's west coast, researchers from the University of ...

Journeying from pole to pole, we reveal the surprising frozen worlds that exist across the planet and the remarkable animals ...

Sunny start gives way to unstable weather across Finland as rain and snow return. Temperatures remain above freezing in most ...