Arctic sea ice has large effects on the global climate. By cooling the planet, Arctic ice impacts ocean circulation, ...

Scientists believe that September is a crucial month for monitoring sea ice health decline.

Polar bears can struggle to adapt to climate change. Bears on Svalbard may be surviving on land prey and seals — but scientists warn it may not last.

Arctic sea ice helps cool the planet and influences weather patterns around the world, but it is disappearing faster than ever as the climate warms. Scientists have now developed a new forecasting ...

Arctic sea ice has long been one of the planet’s most sensitive climate barometers, but until now scientists have struggled ...

Decades of melting sea ice and increasingly ice-free days in the region have not had the expected health impacts on this ...

The fastest way into the gaps between gigantic blocks of a broken-up glacier is by lowering instruments from above, through ...

With the departure of the research vessel Polarstern from Punta Arenas (Chile) scheduled for this weekend, the "Summer Weddell Sea Outflow Study" (SWOS) international expedition will commence. Up to ...

In a warming world, the polar bear has become the unofficial mascot of ecological collapse. We’ve all seen the photos of ...

Scientists have unveiled a powerful new method for predicting Arctic sea ice months in advance, just as climate change drives rapid ice loss.

Scientists discover a tipping point that took place in 2000, where El Niño’s effect on sea ice loss in Siberia was amplified.

Polar bears are in better physical health than 25 years ago - despite sea ice losses, reveals new research. The well-being of ...