Arctic temperatures spiked 36 degrees Fahrenheit, or 20 Celsius, above normal. By the end of the month, sea ice was at its ...

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As sea ice melts, darker ocean water absorbs more heat ... It could potentially result in an ice-free Arctic by late summer. An ice-free Arctic would have devastating consequences.

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 ...

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

Recent estimates have joined a long tradition of predicting imminent disappearance of Arctic summer ice, bolstered by yet ...

a term that describes the area of the Arctic Ocean covered by ice, has been reduced by 40% in the late summer months. Global climate models have consistently underpredicted that reduction.

It was summer in eastern Siberia ... near the mouth of the Kolyma on the Arctic Ocean. The site had originally been occupied by a transit station for prisoners bound for Stalin’s gulags ...

Global sea ice hit a record low for February, with Arctic and Antarctic ice levels far below average. Rising global ...

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 ...

The Arctic had previously set a record low for minimum (summer) ice just last year in September. According to NOAA, sea ice helps prevent further warming of the globe, and the loss of ice impacts ...