Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Arctic sea ice responds ...

What did the Arctic look like in the distant past? The answer carries significant implications for understanding how it will change in the future in the context of human-driven global warming. Yet ...

The Arctic is not just warming - it is unraveling. " What makes this so alarming is that these feedback loops don't operate ...

The Arctic Ocean, once locked in a vault of thick, old ice, now is transforming at lightspeed. Temperatures there are increasing at up to four times the rate of the planet overall, melting sea ice ...

A new record of Arctic sea-ice coverage – informed by the slow and steady sedimentation of cosmic dust on the sea floor – reveals that ancient ice waxed and waned with atmospheric warming, not ocean ...

Senior Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder Matthew L. Druckenmiller receives ...

New study shows that 16 percent of the Arctic Ocean’s organic carbon comes from terrestrial sources, such as thawing permafrost and eroding coastlines. Climate change and the associated rising ...

Satellite operators are looking north. Way north. As the U.S., China and others compete in space, the need for fast and frequent communication links with satellites orbiting near the North Pole is ...