The extent of sea ice blanketing the Arctic this winter fell to the lowest level on record, researchers announced this week, an ominous signal about the effects of climate change in the world’s ...

World's sea-ice falls to record low. 15 February 2025. Share Save. ... But as rising temperatures cause this bright layer to shrink, the dark ocean below can absorb more heat, ...

The Arctic Ocean could have a period effectively devoid of ice as soon as summer 2027, ... with summer ice falling by 12 percent per decade. ... of ice can be found within the Arctic Ocean.

The Arctic Ocean is many things. Cold and icy come to mind, of course, but "salty" should as well—it’s an ocean, after all. Yet a new study suggests that during certain ice age periods, the ...

Today, NASA released the image above, which shows a bunch of ice breaking up in the Beaufort sea, several weeks earlier than it should be. Also today, the European Space Agency dropped a sick GIF ...

These ice-free portions of ocean are a conspicuous consequence of a vicious cycle in the Arctic, ... like the remarkable fall heat wave in the U.S. that occurred in late September and early October.

If the ice shelves collapse, this would quicken the pace of land ice falling into the ocean. This – unlike the massive iceberg – raises the sea level.

Last winter, I fell through the ice into the frigid Maine ocean. My fall was not an accident. While I didn’t purposely seek to submerge half my body in 35 degree water, ...