China's intensifying interest in the Arctic has aroused concerns in the US, which has been monitoring the progress of five ...

A new study published in Nature reveals 'evidence for rapid, interacting and sometimes self-perpetuating changes in the ...

Scientists are pushing the limits of research in the Polar regions, where the extreme cold, high winds and months of darkness ...

Antarctic sea ice has been melting rapidly, and this, in addition to being a scientific concern, has become a concrete threat ...

The Arctic Ocean is surrounded by land. The North Pole is located at sea level in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, while the South Pole is in the middle of the Antarctic continent at an altitude of ...

The decommissioning would leave the United States with no icebreaker to study the southern seas and cede scientific ...

New research warns Antarctic sea ice loss could prompt irreversible climate shifts – raising sea levels and reshaping ...

A new study warns that irreversible changes happening in Antarctica, which are caused by climate change, could cause global oceans to rise by meters.

Rapid loss of Antarctic sea ice and its ripple effects Sea ice, the frozen layer of ocean water around Antarctica, has long acted as a shield that reflects sunlight back into space. But in recent ...

Abrupt and potentially irreversible changes in Antarctica driven by climate change could lift global oceans by metres and ...

The study gathered data from observations, ice cores, and ship logbooks to chart long-term changes in the area of sea ice.

Antarctica and the Arctic suffered heat waves in the past week, reaching 70 and 50 degrees Fahrenheit above normal. The poles are in opposite seasons, but atmospheric rivers carried moisture and ...