In 2016, however, scientists were baffled when an unexpectedly massive hole opened up in the ice of the Weddell Sea. Now, we might know why it happened. It’s common for areas of open water to ...

Scientists have discovered a way to ‘grow’ ice and refreeze the Arctic sea as initial tests show promising signs.

China is planning to send a crewed submersible to explore the polar seabed as part of its growing ambitions in the Arctic ...

In the icy expanse of the Beaufort Sea, NASA's JPL engineers tested IceNode, a prototype robot designed to measure the ...

Antarctic sea ice has reached its maximum extent for the year, clocking in at the second lowest in a record stretching back to 1979, according to provisional data from the US National Snow and Ice ...

Sea ice An upside-down sea ice slab showcasing brine channels that facilitate the drainage of liquid brine and support convection along the interface. (Courtesy: Ken Golden, 2007) The thermal ...

As Greenland melts, more freshwater is streaming into the oceans. Discharge from Arctic rivers, like the Lena, in Russia, is ...

Polar sea ice is ever-changing. It shrinks, expands, moves, breaks apart, reforms in response to changing seasons, and rapid climate change. It is far from a homogenous layer of frozen water on ...

Earth's ozone layer holes over polar regions, where the stratospheric ozone level is significantly depleted, have been a ...

Weather has long been a favourite topic of conversation and our selection of weird weather phenomena from ice disks to the ...

Torghatten, a striking granite mountain on Norway’s scenic Helgeland coast, is renowned for the massive hole that runs ...