A major ocean current in the Arctic, the Beaufort Gyre, is changing rapidly due to climate warming—and this could trigger a ...

One of the ocean currents in the Arctic Ocean is at risk of disappearing this century because of climate change, according to a new study. As a result, the North Atlantic could be flooded with ...

Pluto's surface, fitting for a world whose surface shivers at a cryogenic -364 F (-220 C), is frozen solid. But beneath that nitrogen ice may lie a subsurface ocean of liquid water. A recent study ...

With much of it covered in ice all year round and with no daylight from October to March, the Arctic Ocean is one of the ... levels (salt leaches out of ice over time) is almost definitely first ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Arctic winter sea ice reached a record low maximum extent of 14.45 million km 2 on March 21, 2025, over a million km 2 below the long-term average. Warmer air ...

Researchers found increased meltwater and rain explain 60% of a decades-long mismatch between predicted and observed temperatures in the ocean around Antarctica.

“It is very likely that in the future, the Arctic Ocean is going to be another Atlantic or Pacific. There’s debate, but some Earth system models predict that over the next several decades, there will ...

By determining which ice sheets melted to create a colossal increase in sea levels 14,500 years ago, scientists hope to enable better predictions of how current ice melting will affect levels around ...

A research group led by Associate Professor Kohei Mizobata, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, including ...