Last month, less sea ice covered the Arctic Ocean than in any other July since scientists began keeping track of it with satellites in 1979, marking another step toward a devastating and planet ...

the maximum of Arctic sea ice extent is reached. Slowly through spring, then accelerating through summer, most of that ice breaks up and melts away. Essentially, the extent of Arctic sea ice more ...

Arctic sea ice extent appears to have reached its annual maximum on March 22, 2025. This is the lowest maximum in the 47-year satellite record, with previous low maximums occurring in 2017, 2018, 2016 ...

Reference: “Arctic freshwater outflow suppressed Nordic Seas overturning and oceanic heat transport during the Last Interglacial” by Mohamed M. Ezat, Kirsten Fahl and Tine L. Rasmussen, 27 October ...

Scientists discovered that in the distant past, growing inflows of freshwater from melting Arctic sea-ice into the Nordic Seas likely significantly affected ocean circulation, sending temperatures ...

This summer, Arctic sea ice has retreated to near-record lows in the Northern Hemisphere, continuing the decades-long trend of shrinking and thinning ice cover in the Arctic Ocean. This is the ...

Following the 2024 maximum sea ice extent on March 14, Arctic ice extent has declined slowly such that 2024 March average is the fifteenth lowest in the passive microwave satellite record. The ...

Researchers are warning that Arctic Ocean sea ice is melting at an even faster pace than previously thought — and the region could experience its first ice-free conditions sometime before the 2030s.

mechanisms play a role in modulating the changes of sea ice age, while Arctic warming is the primary driver. The DA generated anomalous wind patterns, characterized by the Beaufort Gyre and Transpolar ...

A flip-flopping, yearslong pattern of winds helps control the fate of the Arctic’s sea ice — by regulating how much of the Atlantic Ocean’s relatively warm, salty water sneaks northward into ...