Seasonal sea ice forms and melts every year creating openings in the ice with open water where life can continue to thrive.

For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ...

The dramatic loss of sea ice around Antarctica has occurred with the re-emergence of the Maud Rise polynya in the Weddell Sea ...

Science is under attack throughout the world. Meanwhile, there’s substantial scientific evidence that the planetary system is ...

Bowhead whales are endemic to the icy waters of the Arctic and prefer living in shallow waters near sea ice, filtering krill and tiny crustaceans called copepods for food. However, the Arctic is ...

"It has logistically been a challenging project, so I am so excited to successfully retrieve the ice core from Müller," she commented. The University indicated the sample could "provide 10,000 years ...

New research examining 11,700 years of bowhead whale persistence throughout the Arctic projects that sea ice loss due to climate change will cause their habitat to severely contract by up to 75 ...

In July during the 1980s, the ice covered an average of about 3.8 million square miles, roughly the area of the U.S. or Canada. This July, sea ice covered only about 2.8 million square miles.

Winter sea ice in the Arctic just hit a record low Just 5.53 million square miles of ice had formed as of March 22, the smallest maximum extent since satellite recordkeeping began in the 1970s.

Arctic sea ice had its weakest winter buildup since record-keeping began 47 years ago, a symptom of climate change that will have repercussions globally, scientists said Thursday.