One of Moscow's nuclear icebreakers has sustained significant damage after colliding with a cargo ship in the Kara Sea.

Most sea ice is contained within the polar ice packs in the Arctic and Southern oceans. These ice packs undergo season variations and are also affected locally on smaller time scales by wind ...

Within three years, the Arctic Ocean could have its first summer without ... Future emissions, and the effects storms can have on ice packs, can be hard to predict. "No matter how good our models ...

An increase in large fires in the Western U.S. is being fueled by declines in Arctic Sea ice, and the impact of this decline on fires along the West Coast is as big as that of El Niño ...

The rapidly shrinking sea ice pack in Antarctic waters will likely recover if prompt action is taken to contain greenhouse gas emissions, according to a simulation by an acclaimed team of scientists.

Antarctic sea ice extent is up 17% from this date in 2016' Is the (mainstream media) talking about this? Climate Scam!" The post is wrong about Arctic sea ice and climate change. On Dec. 21 ...

A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska's tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ...

Each decade around 13% of the ice in the Arctic Ocean is lost, but scientists are now exploring whether new technology can help refreeze the sea ice and halt its rapid decline. Such is the rate of ...

These ridges are created when ice floes press against each other and become stacked, and are a characteristic feature of Arctic sea ice, an obstacle for shipping, but also an essential component ...

While our research is at an early stage, it's already clear that industrial vessel activity in the Arctic Ocean is increasing as fishing vessels and cargo ships take advantage of the receding ice ...