With the Arctic sea ice maintaining its trend of declining, average extent since the 1980s, there is another side to the story with a unique, slightly more positive statistic. The Arctic sea ice ...

With the loss of the Arctic's sea ice a worrisome trend, projections continue to indicate when the region could see its first instance of an individual, ice-free day. A recent study has indicated that ...

In late March, when sea ice extension in the Arctic should be at its highest, scientists studied satellites showing how far the ice reached across the region. What they found was the lowest extension ...

A conveyor belt of ocean water that loops the planet and regulates global temperatures could be heading for a tipping point.

Arctic sea ice reached a record low in March 2025, marking the lowest extent in the 47-year satellite record. The shrinking sea ice, attributed to rising global temperatures from burning fossil fuels, ...

View across the ocean. With course to the northeast, across the Barents Sea, the German Polarstern research vessel leaves the harbour of Tromsø. In the last few decades, the Arctic sea ice has receded ...

Arctic sea ice hit its 2025 summer minimum without setting a record low on Sept. 10, despite a historically low winter maximum earlier in the year. Scientists say sea ice loss has slowed over the past ...

Every year, the Arctic freezes. The sea ice of the Arctic reaches its maximum extent every year in March, and then as the season changes to spring, it begins to melt to its minimum about six months ...