The Arctic Ocean, often considered the planet’s cooling system, is undergoing a dramatic transformation. The culprit is a familiar one: man-made climate change. So far, nothing new, but a recent study ...

The chart below shows Arctic sea ice extent over the satellite era (1978 to the present day). Red indicates the 2025 extent, while shades of blue indicate different years over 1978-2024. Daily Arctic ...

Arctic sea ice extent showing 2024-25 to date (in blue), as compared to the 1981-2010 median (solid grey line). The dotted line shows Arctic sea ice extent in 2011-2012, a year that saw the lowest ...

Since 1979, when satellite records began, Arctic temperatures have risen nearly four times faster than the global average.

As the planet heats up, the summer sea ice and all the superbly adapted life it supports—the bears, the seals, the walruses, the whales, the Arctic cod, the crustaceans, the ice algae—may well ...

The Arctic sea ice minimum in summer has reduced by 40% in ... In one of the most dramatic scenes that I witnessed for Blue Planet II, the colony stampeded into the water. It certainly seems ...

Arctic sea ice had its weakest winter buildup since record-keeping began 47 years ago, a symptom of climate change that will have repercussions globally, scientists said Thursday. The Arctic ...

This year's Arctic sea ice peak is the lowest in the 47-year satellite record, the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) said, as the planet continues to swelter under the mounting effects ...

Arctic sea ice reached its lowest peak in the 47-year satellite record, measuring 14.33 million km 2 on March 22, 2025. This decline is part of a long-term trend of diminishing sea ice ...

A boat travels though a frozen sea inlet outside in Nuuk, Greenland, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) ...