Researchers say the Arctic Ocean crossed a biological tipping point in 2009, when nitrate levels in the water suddenly ...

Picture sea ice in your mind. You probably imagine brilliant white, snow-covered floes floating on the surface of the ocean, ...

Melting sea ice is a global issue with far-reaching consequences. As the Arctic and Antarctic are losing ice faster than expected, experts are noticing damaging ripple effects. Sea ice forms on the ...

For decades, it seemed Antarctica might be insulated from rapid ice melting, but then sea ice began to decline dramatically.

Coastal cities from Miami to Mumbai sit on land that would vanish beneath the ocean if Earth’s two largest ice sheets, ...

West Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" is on the brink of losing its ice shelf, further compromising the already melting ice ...

A new study reveals that Arctic sea ice loss is depleting a key ocean nutrient, threatening plankton, marine life, and food webs ...

Freshwater from melting Antarctic glaciers may be influencing the Southern Ocean in ways scientists have largely overlooked.

A new study of Antarctic seals shows that environmental conditions are leading to a severe decline in their populations in the South Orkney Islands. New results are published today (Wednesday 18 June) ...

Cloud cover seen from the ground. (Colorado State University / Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering via SWNS) By Stephen Beech Tiny particles bubbling up from melting Arctic sea ice play a key ...

Mountain glaciers alone lost about 9.18 trillion tonnes of ice between 1976 and 2024, according to a 2025 study - Copyright AFP/File Fabrice COFFRINI Mountain ...