The Arctic seafloor is cold, unforgiving, and barren. Or is it? Few would argue against the ‘cold’ and ‘unforgiving’ parts, ...

Map of Arctic Ocean sea ice at 2024 summer minimum extent, compared to the median extent from 1981-2010. (NOAA) Global sea ice reached a new record low in February, according to the European Union's ...

NOAA Reports World-Wide February 2025 had Above-Average Temperatures Over Most Areas; Lowest Global and Arctic Sea Ice Extent ...

Arctic sea ice growth was slow in February, leaving extent at record-low levels for the end of the month. In the Antarctic, ...

A study led by researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) has used a novel approach to unravel the ...

Global sea ice cover hit a historic low in February as the world endured exceptional heat, with temperatures near the North ...

These high temperatures impacted the global sea ice extent, which includes both the Arctic, where sea ice is ... and expose ice shelves to more ocean water, which could accelerate melting and ...

said parts of the Arctic experienced significantly higher temperatures during the month, contributing to the ice loss. Sea surface temperatures also “remained unusually high in many ocean basins ...

Waters from the Atlantic may be disrupting the layers of Arctic Ocean water that support sea ice formation and retention, ...

This data, which combines the extent of sea ice from the Arctic and Antarctic, has records that date back to the late 1970s. Previously, 2023 held the record low for global ice following decades ...