Arctic sea ice has recorded its smallest winter peak extent since satellite records began 47 years ago, new data reveals.

A student project group noticed the complete disappearance of the ice formation of Mesyatsev Island from satellite images due ...

While Arctic sea ice extent hasn’t definitively reached its seasonal peak yet at the time of writing, the melting season is about to begin any day now, at which point it will be clear whether this was ...

The Arctic Ocean has always been a region that’s fascinated University of Delaware doctoral student Tianyu Zhou. While most of humanity lives in the world’s temperate zone, the polar ocean seems like ...

Arctic sea ice reached a record low in March 2025, marking the lowest extent in the 47-year satellite record. The shrinking sea ice, attributed to rising global temperatures from burning fossil ...

BOULDER, Colorado – The Arctic Ocean likely had the smallest winter ice cover in 47 years of satellite records this season, with just 14.32 million sq km of sea ice covering the region at its ...

Combined Arctic and Antarctic sea ice cover—frozen ocean water that floats on the surface—plunged to a record low in mid-February, more than a million square miles below the pre-2010 average.

The melting of the Greenland ice sheet is now the largest contributor to sea level rise, and scientists at UNH are traveling ...