A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting ...

The dramatic loss of sea ice around Antarctica has occurred with the re-emergence of the Maud Rise polynya in the Weddell Sea ...

Melting polar ice is slowing the Earth’s rotation, but not enough to offset an even greater acceleration caused by changes in ...

Arctic faces a new threat. Soot from Canada's massive wildfires darkens ice and snow. This speeds up melting. The albedo ...

As Arctic sea ice melts, Russia is racing to control new trade routes, extract untapped resources, and cement its military ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater ...

Climate scientists in the United States are to be cut off from satellite data measuring the amount of sea ice — a sensitive ...

In Alaska, we must also be vigilant to another brewing geopolitical hotspot, the melting Arctic. Arctic competition is exacerbated by climate change. When most Americans think about climate change, ...

You probably know polar bears as the big white animals roaming the Arctic, but there’s a lot about them that doesn’t make it ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...

Oceans are facing a multitude of climate-induced stresses including acidification, sea-level rise, warming waters, and ice ...

A salty surge in the Southern Ocean is melting Antarctic sea ice from below — and causing dramatic changes scientists didn’t ...