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 ...

Scientists have found evidence that the Asian continent was free of permafrost all the way to its northerly coast with the ...

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 ...

ATL24 provides global along-track coastal and nearshore bathymetry, consisting of refraction-corrected seafloor and sea surface heights (orthometric and ellipsoidal heights and instantaneous depths), ...

More NASA satellites looked down on huge cracks forming in sea ice in Canada's far north. What is it? The Amundsen Gulf is named after Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer who, in the early 1900s ...

This ice break up will continue for several months as warmer temperatures and wind help to crack apart the thick arctic ice. The cycle usually begins in March 2025, according to NASA's Earth ...

Ecolution is the RTÉ climate change podcast for young people. On this episode we head to Greenland to look at melting sea ice and rising sea levels.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Sea ice in the Amundsen Gulf, Canada begins to break apart.(Image credit: NASA Earth ...

A breakthrough study has uncovered that the Southern Ocean's power to pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere fluctuates dramatically depending on winter sea ice. When sea ice lingers longer into ...

New research reveals the importance of winter sea ice in the year-to-year variability of the amount of atmospheric CO2 absorbed by a region of the Southern Ocean. In years when sea ice lasts ...