As melting sea ice reveals new trade routes, resources and battlegrounds, the Kola Bay is emerging as one of Russia’s most ...

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

A salty surge in the Southern Ocean is melting Antarctic sea ice from below — and causing dramatic changes scientists didn’t ...

A new study published in Communications Earth & Environment has shown that sea ice in the Southern Ocean plays a significant ...

For decades, scientists believed the Arctic Ocean was sealed under a massive slab of ice during the coldest ice ages — but new research proves otherwise. Sediment samples from the seafloor, paired ...

We present a methodology to derive sea ice type classification maps in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic Ocean for the autumn through spring seasons, from 1991 to present. We use datasets from four ...

You probably know polar bears as the big white animals roaming the Arctic, but there’s a lot about them that doesn’t make it ...

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

Unalaska is famous for its deep-water port that doesn't freeze in the winter, but the island hasn’t always been this warm.

Europe sizzled in its first major heat wave of the summer on Tuesday, as Barcelona recorded its hottest June in over a ...

Polar bears are resilient animals. Scientists issue warning over worrisome conditions that could leave polar bears stranded — ...

Some of the water around Antarctica has been getting saltier. And that has affected the amount of sea ice at the bottom of ...