This year's Arctic sea ice peak is the lowest in the 47-year satellite record, according to data released by the US National ...

This year's Arctic sea ice peak is the lowest in the 47-year satellite record, the US National Snow and Ice Data Center ...

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

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

Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving the planet ...

The small upper Cape community has been a sort of company town for environmental scientists for more than a century.

The Arctic Ocean likely had the smallest winter ice cover in 47 years of satellite records this season, with just 5.53 ...

Submarines need to operate stealthily and quietly. In some areas, warming waters and changing salinity levels could make that easier.

Greenland has gained more than 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) of new coastline—not due to tectonic uplift, land reclamation, ...

A new study out of the University of Vermont quantifies just how much migrating female whales do to sustain ocean ecosystems.

Modern society, and the clean energy revolution, depend on rare earth elements. Can Greenland help break China’s stranglehold ...