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

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

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

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.

A Dec. 26, 2024, Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows maps of purported Antarctic sea ice extent, or area, from Dec. 24, 1979, and the same day in 2024. Text above the graphic says the ...

Sea ice in Antarctica hit a record low this year and is “on a very steep downward trend,” a sign this complex and isolated region may finally be responding to the climate crisis.

Sea ice around Antarctica has reached a record low in four decades of observations, a new analysis of satellite images shows. As of Tuesday, ice covered 750,000 square miles around the Antarctic ...

There has not been a consistent trend in Antarctic sea ice coverage. The largest extents of the last 40 years occurred between 2006 and 2015. The numbers have swung in the opposite direction since ...

Since the late 1970s, satellites have been spying on Antarctica’s sea ice, watching the whiteness expand and contract with the seasons. But they’ve never seen the ice quite like it is right now.

As sea ice disappears and grows less reflective, the Arctic has lost around a quarter of its cooling power since 1980, and the world has lost up to 15%, according to new research.

New research explores the wide-ranging consequences of record low summer sea ice in Antarctica. From more ocean warming to ...