Between 1980 and 2010, ice extent in the Bering Sea remained steady, even when other Arctic regions were already experiencing ...

so they walk on the sea ice and explore the glaciers near their base at Thule Air Base, about 750 miles north of the Arctic Circle and about 950 miles south of the North Pole. After piling on ...

above Greenland and Canada’s Ellesmere Island. That shrunken redoubt will be the last stand for many of the Arctic’s wild things. “The animals that depend on the edge of the sea ice for a ...

above average in parts of the Arctic. Those temperatures have a particularly damaging effect in the Arctic. Sea ice covers more than 14 million square kilometers (5.6 million square miles ...

Meanwhile, the 46-year trend of shrinking and thinning ice in the Arctic Ocean shows ... Maryland. "Sea ice prevents much of the exchange of heat and moisture from the relatively warm ocean to the ...

A student-led project comparing satellite images of the Arctic has discovered that a small Russian island has recently vanished after "completely melting" away.

This project will examine Arctic summertime cyclones from above, below and right in their midst. It will shed light on the relationship between sea ice and the atmosphere above, which will provide ...

The warming climate in polar regions may significantly disrupt ocean circulation patterns, a new study indicates. Scientists ...

A study finds that Arctic sea ice melting can disrupt ocean circulation and cooling, echoing scientists' concerns of ...

Melting Arctic sea-ice may disrupt global climate, altering ocean currents and weather patterns, reveals new research.

To reach this conclusion, the researchers developed a new model which allowed analysis of how plankton behaved some 21,000 ...