Antarctic sea ice began to change rapidly in 2015 and 2016. Since then it has remained well below the long-term average.

Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated ocean warming, faster loss ...

Antarctic sea ice recently reached an all-time record wintertime low, scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center announced.. The mark was set "by a wide margin," the center said in a ...

"They are dynamic, sensitive, and changing." Scientists raise red flags after uncovering concerning shift in one of world's ...

Ancient river landscapes buried beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet have been uncovered by radar, revealing vast, flat ...

The dramatic loss of sea ice around Antarctica has occurred with the re-emergence of the Maud Rise polynya in the Weddell Sea ...

At the top of Earth, Arctic sea ice is a main player in a crucial feedback that determines how much, and how rapidly, the Earth warms. Every time an area of ice melts and gets swapped out for an ...

The sea ice is still growing, and Antarctic sea ice hits its maximum size in mid-September each year. "We only have six more weeks, approximately," Raphael says.

NOAA@NSIDC is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Sea Ice Index, Version 4, available at the National Snow and Ice Data Center on August 1. This new version transitions from SSMIS to AMSR2 ...

Climate scientists in the United States are to be cut off from satellite data measuring the amount of sea ice — a sensitive ...

The sea ice reached its maximum winter extent unusually early this year and has been falling fast, to a new record low for this time of year (see graph below). Antarctic sea ice is pretty much at ...

When it comes to Arctic apex predators, the polar bear is the first animal that typically comes to mind. It’s a top predator, ...