The winter growth period for sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is now over, with levels at a record low. The winter ice extent on ...

Using a dark palette for the land and sea helps the sea ice and shipping route data pop against the background. Subtle ...

Arctic sea ice hit a historic low this winter, shrinking to the smallest extent ever recorded at its seasonal peak. NASA and ...

Phytoplankton are crucial because they form the base of the aquatic food web and produce oxygen through photosynthesis. This plant life helps the oceans generate 50% of the world’s oxygen, absorb 25% ...

The Arctic’s winter ice extent reached its lowest recorded level in March since satellite monitoring began in 1979.

Map showing main regions of the Arctic ... December saw above-average air temperatures over “essentially all of the Arctic Ocean”, with a particularly “prominent” area of warmth off the Canadian ...

WHEN WE SAY WARM, WE MEAN OVER ZERO DEGREES THAT IT’S CIRCULATING AROUND THE ARCTIC OCEAN. IT COMES FROM THE ... WIDE BEAM SONARS TO MAKE DETAILED MAPS OF THE DEPTHS AND CONTOURS OF THE FJORDS.

Bowhead whales follow daily dive cycles and may coordinate across long distances. The calls show efficiency, possibly ...

An early takeaway from the map suggest the Antarctic ice sheet could be more vulnerable to climate change due to a larger section resting below sea level, where it is exposed to warmer ocean currents.

Rising ocean and air temperatures are the main reason that ... freely available satellite archives for research”. Using a map of rock types across the Arctic, the authors analyse the changing ...

Ice drift was responsible for the small expansion of sea ice last winter. However, the cause of the decline is the rise in ...