"We are doing it all day, all night." Veteran meteorologist shares inside look at grueling weather research in the Arctic: ...

Clouds reflect sunlight and slow down the melting of ice, protecting the Arctic. Ice crystals make clouds heavier and more likely to dissipate, leaving the ice vulnerable to rays of hot sun.

Arctic sea ice has declined significantly. ... However, in September, which is typically when the ice has finished melting for the summer, the extent has decreased by around 12% per decade.

As Arctic sea ice melts, Russia is racing to control new trade routes, extract untapped resources, and cement its military ...

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For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater ...

The findings matched with data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service showing May this year to be the second-warmest globally on record ...

For millennia, a mass of sea ice in the high Arctic has changed with the seasons, casting off its outer layer in summer and ...

In Alaska, we must also be vigilant to another brewing geopolitical hotspot, the melting Arctic. Arctic competition is exacerbated by climate change. When most Americans think about climate change, ...