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 ...

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

Scientists are working on a way to be able to 'grow' ice and refreeze the Arctic sea with initial tests proving promising.

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

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 ...

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

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

"If we manage to cover one million square kilometres each year in the Arctic [over several years], we believe we can preserve ...

On September 19, Antarctic sea ice likely reached its annual maximum extent of 17.16 million square kilometers (6.63 million square miles). The 2024 maximum is the second lowest in the 46-year ...

The Antarctic winter sea ice maximum is on track to be the second lowest on record, at 17.15 million square km² (6.62 million mi²), close to the 2023 record low of 16.96 million km² (6.55 ...

On September 11, Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent of 4.28 million square kilometers (1.65 million square miles). The 2024 minimum is the seventh lowest in the nearly 46-year ...

A bold plan to pump seawater over the frozen Arctic Ocean could offer humanity a final chance to save the region’s vanishing sea ice. Field trials conducted this year in the Canadian Arctic to ...