Arctic sea ice levels are crucial to Earth's climate because, without the ice reflecting sunlight, more heat energy goes into the oceans.

Every March, Arctic sea ice completes its winter expansion and reaches its annual peak before the spring melt begins. This ...

Canada’s Arctic is opening faster than protection efforts are keeping pace. As sea ice declines, shipping is expanding across Arctic and sub-Arctic waters. That may bring economic opportunities, but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arctic sea ice has reached a record winter low this year. - Photographer: Michael Runkel ...

Arctic sea ice reached its annual winter maximum on March 26, 2026, tying the lowest extent ever recorded for this time of year. The announcement, coming as global temperature data continues to show ...

Arctic fossil fuel development shows significant overlaps with Indigenous communities and ecologically sensitive areas, which ...

The Army Corps of Engineers' research and development component is working to disprove old assumptions about the risks of ...

KILPISJÄRVI, Finland (AP) — As bubbles rippled across the frigid Finnish lake, diver Daan Jacobs emerged from a hole carved out of the thick, crackling ice. The journey had taken him 8 meters (26 feet ...

Scientists revived a 24,000-year-old microscopic organism frozen in Siberian permafrost, offering new insights into how life ...

Right now, the Arctic is maxing out on sea ice – the cold of winter has built up over months of darkness, and ice has spread as far south as it will all year. It’s the North Pole’s sea ice maximum, ...