The gray seals slide out of their cages into the Baltic Sea near the Lithuanian coast, swimming off to new lives imperiled by ...

As Arctic ice melts, global powers seize new opportunities to extract oil, speed up trade and boost their military presence.

Presque Isle State Park's beaches benefited from protective ice cover during the winter, reducing erosion. Funding for the annual sand replenishment project is uncertain, with potential sand work ...

Ice cover was 6 per cent below average in March, which typically marks the end of the Arctic winter and the start of the melt season, when ice reaches its maximum annual extent.

The Copernicus Climate Change Service has revealed that March 2025 saw the lowest sea ice maximum extent in the 47-year history of the satellite record – the warmest March on record for Europe.

The Arctic's winter ice extent reached its lowest recorded level in March since satellite monitoring began in 1979. On March 21, 2025, the sea ice cover measured 14.45 million square kilometres ...

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 ...

Since satellites began tracking it, Arctic sea ice's winter peak has shrunk by an area about the size of Pakistan.

Russia's legendary cold winters are not what they used to be. Early snowdrops, mild January temperatures and a lack of ice on rivers and lakes are all unwelcome signs of climate change ...

1 of 9 | Across Russia, the devout celebrate Epiphany on January 19 by immersing themselves in frigid water through holes cut through the ice of lakes and rivers, imitating the baptism of Jesus Christ ...