Arctic ice, being in its worst state in the last four decades, spells doom for the world with cold snaps and aggravated ...

In the dead of winter, snow and ice forced us to move the L-39 - and that meant flying solo through the alpine skies under IFR. Watching the jet slice through clouds, negotiating turbulence, and ...

Ivan Fedotov’s decade-long journey took him from Russia and military service to Columbus after a brief stop in Philadelphia.

The overall, downward trend in the minimum extent from 1979 to 2025 is 12.1 percent per decade relative to the 1981 to 2010 ...

With the end of summer approaching in the Northern Hemisphere, the extent of sea ice in the Arctic shrank to its annual minimum on Sept. 10, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center ...

A specialized plane, camera and a crew of four are in Alaska to understand the ecosystems of the Bering and Chukchi seas.

Alexandra Jahn, University of Colorado Boulder (THE CONVERSATION) As I walked out onto the frozen Arctic water off Utqiagvik, Alaska, for the first time, I was mesmerized by the icescape. Piles of ...

If you pull an ice core from the outer edges of the Arctic polar cap, you might spot what looks like a faint line of dirt. Those are diatoms—single-celled algae with outer walls made of glass. Their ...

Scientists know that microbial life can survive under some extreme conditions—including, hopefully, harsh Martian weather. But new research suggests that one particular microbe, an algal species found ...

The polar vortex is beginning its seasonal strengthening, signaling a gradual shift toward cooler weather. Frost advisories were issued in parts of the Great Lakes region, New York, and New England as ...

The polar vortex, a mass of cold air over the Arctic, is strengthening as the seasons change. A strengthening polar vortex typically keeps the coldest air locked near the North Pole, leading to ...