Forecasters warn that a split polar vortex is set to bring a 'large supply of cold air' to North America in mid-February as a ...

The Fragile Beauty of the Arctic Ice Arctic ice is renowned for its shimmering beauty, forming a colossal frozen cap that ...

New 3D maps of the Greenland Ice Sheet show how huge cracks in the ice that accelerate melting expanded between 2016 and 2021 ...

As the Arctic ice caps shrink due to the warming of the planet, it's expected that vast reserves of additional oil and gas will become available, as approximately 25 percent of the planet's ...

The sea ice cap grows during the cold Arctic winters and shrinks when temperatures climb again, but over the last three decades, satellites have observed a 13% decline per decade in the summertime ...

“People don’t understand the Arctic,” says Stephanie Pfirman, an oceanographer at Barnard College and Columbia University. “They think of it as an ice cap. They think that it’s rigid and ...

YOKOHAMA--Japan’s first Arctic research vessel ... functions from the current oceanographic research vessel, Mirai, which was limited to operating in ice-free areas. At 128 meters from bow ...

Martin Vargic created the map to depict the planet with sea levels around 260ft (79m) higher than they are today Current coastlines are shown using a dotted line and the areas that will be ...

Polar bears Christmas is a winter holiday in northern countries, which is why cold weather animals like polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are often associated with the festive season.