For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the ...
Cloud cover seen from the ground. (Colorado State University / Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering via SWNS) By Stephen Beech Tiny particles bubbling up from melting Arctic sea ice play a key ...
Between 2002 and 2020, Antarctica lost roughly 149 billion metric tonnes of ice each year, according to NASA. View on ...
This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. A haze of ice crystals in the air created a halo around the low sun as three snowmobiles thundered onto the ...
Arctic sea ice has hit a record low following unusually warm temperatures in two key areas, Japan's National Institute of ...
On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice free. Scientists were able to reach places never sampled before. Over the ...
This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You don’t have to pay much ...
Arctic sea ice hit its 2025 summer minimum without setting a record low on Sept. 10, despite a historically low winter maximum earlier in the year. Scientists say sea ice loss has slowed over the past ...