However, an apparent shift occurred in 2016 from generally higher than average ice cover to lower-than-average extent. Since 2016, there have been several record lows, including an extreme record low ...

The 1.5-mile-wide (2.5 km) patch appeared to be multi-year sea ice, meaning it was made up of ice dating back several years, ...

Arctic sea ice has thinned, concurrent with a transition to younger ice. Between 1979 and 2018, the real proportion of multi-year ice that is at least five years old has declined by approximately ...

“While the temperature increase – four thousandths of a degree a year – might not seem all that much, it could lead to around ...

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

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

New research reveals for the first time how a major Antarctic ice shelf has been subjected to increased melting by warming ...

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

and this relationship holds for both first-year and multi-year sea ice. These empirical coefficients can be interpolated to the desired frequency band, in this case 1.4 GHz. To extend the analysis on ...

Two feet of it lay beneath our moon boots, twice the amount in a typical year. One data point doesn’t make a trend, but this one was consistent with model forecasts: As sea ice shrinks ...

Scientists say the study -- the ... Deep Ocean Clues to a Million-Year-Old Ice Age Puzzle Revealed in New Study Nov. 8, 2024 — A new study challenges theories regarding the origins of a ...