In 2026, the Arctic winter sea-ice extent (annual maximum extent) reached the lowest value since satellite observations began ...

Arctic sea ice hit its second straight record-low winter peak in 2026, driven by unusually warm conditions in key regions.

Climate scientists like to keep their accounting books neat and balanced. As climate change alters energy flows all across ...

Two new studies that relied on data from a fleet of diving robots show how climate change is altering ocean movements in ways ...

For the second consecutive year, Arctic sea ice has reached its lowest winter maximum since satellite monitoring began in 1979, according to Japanese and U.S. data. Persistent warmth in the Sea of ...

Populations of bowhead whales were able to hide from hunters under ice, a new study finds, saving them from extinction. But ...

Arctic sea ice has hit a record low following unusually warm temperatures in two key areas, Japan's National Institute of ...

Learn how Arctic sea ice created natural refuges for bowhead whales during centuries of industrial whaling, shaping which ...

The claim: Polar sea ice extents show climate change is a 'scam' A Dec. 23, 2024, Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a map of Antarctic sea ice extent, or area, with color coding that ...

A Dec. 28 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows two maps of Antarctic sea ice dated Dec. 26, 1979, and Dec. 25, 2023. The more recent map seems to show the ice occupying a larger area.

Global sea ice reached a new record low in February, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service. This data, which combines the extent of sea ice from the Arctic and Antarctic, ...

Antarctica is the world’s great cooling unit. This vital part of Earth’s climate system is largely powered by the annual freeze and melt of millions of square kilometres of sea ice around the ...