The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are on course for rapid retreat, even collapse, leading to multiple feet of sea level ...

If Earth stays at its current levels of warming — below policymakers’ goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius — polar ice sheets may melt ...

The world's two gigantic ice sheets are in greater peril from global warming than previously thought, a study published May 20 says.

Last month saw the lowest global sea ... break records. However, there is a clear overall trend of the planet getting warmer ...

Extremely low sea ice levels in the Arctic and Antarctica signal a "new normal" that may accelerate global warming and disrupt ocean currents, on top of the consequences for people and wildlife that r ...

Earlier this month, Antarctica came close to breaking a record for record low sea ice - this is the time of year the region hits its minimum - and ended up with the second-lowest sea level on record.

Encompassing 55 years of historical data ... Loss of Sea Ice Alters the Colors of Light in the Ocean May 2, 2025 — The disappearance of sea ice in polar regions due to global warming not only ...

The 2025 sea ice extended 5.5 million square miles, breaking the previous lowest figure ... The temperatures have been higher - up to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, with some “staggering hotspots ...

A break in the sea ice means a carefully orchestrated crossing ... Joshua, stays bundled up in an outfit made from a harp seal. Before a camping trip, a homemade tent dries on the sea ice in ...

Past ice sheets have retreated rapidly, raising global sea level at rates >1 cm per year, with marine ice sheets collapsing and terrestrial ice sheets retreating in a more gradual fashion.

The Japanese icebreaker Soya, known as the “guardian of the northern sea,” will soon be decommissioned ... the surface of the northern ice and break it up under the weight of the hull.