Sea ice plays many important roles for the global climate: Its white surface can reflect energy back into space, helping the ...

The amount of springtime sea ice in the Arctic set a record low this month, continuing a trend of shrinking ice at the top of ...

The Arctic reaches its maximum sea ice in March each year and then starts a six-month melt season. The National Snow and Ice ...

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) released a new report on Wednesday (March 26) indicating that Arctic sea ice ...

Just 5.53 million square miles of ice had formed as of March 22, the smallest maximum extent since satellite recordkeeping ...

To make matters worse, NASA scientists also discovered that, this year, summer ice in the Antarctic retreated to 764,000 square miles (1.98 million square kilometers) as of March 1, tying for "the ...

The formation of sea ice also makes the surrounding water saltier, as salt is pushed out when water freezes. If less sea ice ...

The meltdown extends beyond the Arctic. Antarctica recently flirted with a record low in its own annual sea ice minimum – ...

Scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) have said that Arctic sea ice most likely reached its yearly ...

Researchers reveal that Arctic sea ice has reached its lowest level on record this winter, signalling alarming trends in ...

Antarctica’s summer sea ice has dropped to one of its lowest extents ever recorded, shrinking to levels 30% below the ...

A record low for Arctic winter sea ice has led to a record low for our planet's sea ice content as a whole. New research from NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Colorado ...