Yet 2025 is not far from eclipsing it. At the other end of the planet, the Arctic should be reaching its annual maximum, with ...

A new study published in Communications Earth & Environment gives possible insight into the underprediction of sea ice ...

The office of the Weather Service in Bismarck, N.D., described the conditions as “life threatening,” cautioning that wind ...

This experiment showed that the ice adhesion of unwashed polar bear fur is exceptionally low. While the often-accepted ...

Arctic Cyclones Could Be Missing Link in Sea Ice Depletion Models Feb. 12, 2025 — A study gives possible insight into the underprediction of sea ice depletion and the formation of Arctic cyclones.

Sea ice waxes and wanes throughout the year, but in Antarctic it reaches a minimum extent in February and a maximum in September after a long, cold winter. In the Arctic, meanwhile, the total ...

Winter weather warnings have been issued in four states, with blowing snow expected to hit some areas this weekend. Freezing ...

Cold extremes are indeed waning over most of the midlatitude Northern Hemisphere, but a decade-plus debate on the Arctic’s ...

Eight feet of ice, freezing temps, and 40-pound sheefish make for an arctic adventure. Here's what it's like ice fishing for ...

Since 1979, Arctic sea ice extent, a term that describes the area of the Arctic Ocean covered by ice, has been reduced by 40% in the late summer months. Global climate models have consistently ...

The world's frozen oceans, which help to keep the planet cool, currently have less ice than ever previously recorded, satellite data shows. Sea-ice around the north and south poles acts like a ...