BOULDER, Colo. — The Arctic Ocean’s pristine white ice cap, a defining feature of our planet visible even from space, could ...

the Arctic Ocean may be ice-free during the summer from 2030 onwards regardless of the level of greenhouse gas emissions. “The results indicate that the first September without sea ice could ...

Maksagak has been instrumental in helping Real Ice to consult with the local community about their research, and she is ...

In 2007 Arctic summer sea ice reached the lowest extent recorded since ... including vast expanses of sea ice. Without enough sea ice, the entire Arctic ecosystem will unravel, and its species will ...

The assumption is that later this century, without a home field ... As dark water replaces ice, the Arctic Ocean absorbs more heat in summer and releases more in fall and winter—perhaps ...

As the planet heats up, the summer sea ice and all the superbly adapted life it supports—the bears, the seals, the walruses, the whales, the Arctic cod, the crustaceans, the ice algae—may well ...

Like ice in a drink, Arctic sea ice keeps things cold – until it melts. Using the same principle, some scientists are ...

Gray whales, a signature of the Washington coast, are dying by the thousands, victims of declines in Arctic sea ice.

“Unlike 2007, temperatures were not unusually warm in the Arctic this summer. [But] we are losing the thick component of the ice cover,” he said. “And if you lose [that], the ice in the ...

forming less winter sea ice, which then melts quicker in the spring and summer. You can think of the Arctic as the northern hemisphere’s air conditioning. Without it, we heat up a lot more and ...

(CNN)-- Summer is over in the northern hemisphere, but it's been another chilling season for researchers who study Arctic sea ice. "It's definitely a bad report. We did pick up little bit from ...