Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks to Record Winter Low as Earth Heats Up March 28, 2025 By Danielle Bochove The Arctic Ocean likely had the smallest winter ice cover in 47 years of satellite records this season, with just...
Antarctica Had Less Winter Sea Ice in 2024 Than Any Year Except 2023 October 4, 2024 By Danielle Bochove Antarctic sea ice at its annual peak this year covered the second-lowest area on record. It was just shy of...
Climate Change Speeds Up as Major Indicators Blow Off the Charts, WMO Warns March 20, 2024 By Laura Millan All the major indicators of climate change smashed historic records last year, with some rising so steeply that the United...
Faster Melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Is ‘Unavoidable’ October 24, 2023 By Sana Pashankar The West Antarctic ice sheet is set to melt faster even if the world rapidly cuts emissions, according to a...
Antarctica’s Shrinking Sea Ice Hits Record Low, Alarming Scientists September 26, 2023 By Danielle Bochove At its largest expanse this year, sea ice covered less than 17 million square kilometers (6.6 million square miles) of...
Antarctica Risks ‘Cascades of Extreme Events’ as Earth Warms: Study August 11, 2023 By Liza Tetley Extreme weather in Antarctica, including ocean heat waves and ice loss, is set to become more intense unless urgent policy...
Scientists Alarmed About Antarctica’s Unprecedented Lack of Sea Ice Growth July 26, 2023 By Brian Kahn Amid a summer of record heat, the most dramatic impact may be taking place under the cover of Antarctic night....
World Sees Hottest June on Record as North Atlantic Temperatures Rise July 7, 2023 By Laura Millan Last month was the warmest June of the past three decades globally, with several places in western Europe hitting all-time...
West Antarctica’s Ice Loss Shows Signs of Becoming ‘Unstoppable’ October 28, 2016 By Eric Roston If you want to see the future of New York, Tokyo, or Mumbai, look no further than West Antarctica, where...
New Antarctic Ice Shelf Threatened by Global Warming May 10, 2012 By Chris Wickham Scientists are predicting the disappearance of another vast ice shelf in Antarctica by the end of the century that will...