A new study published in Communications Earth & Environment gives possible insight into the underprediction of sea ice ...

A new study focuses on improving global temperature data sets in light of uneven warming across the globe. To fill gaps in ...

Arctic daily sea ice extent continued to hover near record daily lows in January, with the ice edge well northward of its long-term average position in most areas. In contrast to the cold conditions ...

Previous predictions of Arctic sea ice disappearance have typically focussed on the first iceless month - defined as the first 30 days with an ice extent below 386,000 square miles. In their ...

On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic, on one of the northernmost points of land in the world, sits a small permanent seismic ...

selected based on their accuracy in simulating historical Arctic conditions. They focused on models that could accurately predict both the timing and extent of minimum sea ice coverage when ...

the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Colorado announced that Arctic sea ice had already reached its maximum extent for the winter in late February—much earlier than usual. It was the lowest ...

The rapid melting and thinning of the Arctic ice has sparked serious concerns in the scientific community. In addition, sea ...

Arctic sea ice has now dipped to its second lowest extent for January, with the edge of the ice field pushed well north of its usual position. According to the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre ...

Those temperatures have a particularly damaging effect in the Arctic. Sea ice covers more than 14 million square kilometers (5.6 million square miles) at its maximum point each year. The ice sheet ...

The Arctic is losing sea ice at an unprecedented rate ... Scientists warn that an ice extent below 0.3 million square miles will mark the Arctic as “ice free,” a tipping point that could ...