The meltdown extends beyond the Arctic. Antarctica recently flirted with a record low in its own annual sea ice minimum – ...

One of the most concerning aspects of this record low in sea ice is its contribution to what scientists refer to as ice-albedo feedback. Ice naturally reflects sunlight, helping to cool the planet ...

Antarctic and Arctic sea ice is vitally important because the whiteness of the ice reflects the sun's light, helping to keep polar regions cool, known as a higher 'albedo'. Without this ice cover ...

The disappearance of sea ice changes the surface albedo, i.e. the reflectivity of the Arctic Ocean, but also removes the insulation between the atmosphere and the ocean surface and affects ...

The disappearance of sea ice changes the surface albedo, i.e. the reflectivity of the Arctic Ocean, but also removes the insulation between the atmosphere and the ocean surface and affects ...

To make matters worse, NASA scientists also discovered that, this year, summer ice in the Antarctic retreated to 764,000 square miles (1.98 million square kilometers) as of March 1, tying for "the ...

Sea ice loss is expected to continue its slide based ... faster the rest of the world (largely due to the Arctic Ocean albedo effect), the more isolated Antarctic has until recently been somewhat ...