“When we look at Arctic sea ice over the period from 1979, when modern satellite data begins, we’re losing ice every year,” said Mark Serreze, director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Arctic ice is diminishing fast and the polar region could be completely free from ice by 2040, with its loss affecting global temperatures, creating weather extremes, endangering coastal communities, ...

“Arctic sea ice is now declining at a rate of 11.2 percent per decade, relative to the 1979 to 2000 average,” NSIDC’s release states, noting that Arctic sea ice reflects sunlight, making it ...

Arctic sea ice also melts and grows separately from Antarctic sea ice, the ring that surrounds the southern continent and helps lock in its vast stores of landlocked frozen water. (Though the ...

However, the post is misleading. Although Arctic sea ice is declining overall due to human behavior, it is still possible for two individual days, years apart, to have similar sea ice coverage, ...

Arctic sea ice is a vital component of Earth's climate system and a vital resource for wildlife, such as polar bears, but it is in the midst of an unprecedented decline due to climate change.

Sea ice on the Wandel Sea north of Greenland as seen on Aug.16, 2020, from the German icebreaker Polarstern. This area used to remain fully covered in ice throughout the year.

The Arctic reaches its maximum sea ice in March each year and then starts a six-month melt season. The National Snow and Ice Data Center said the peak measurement taken Saturday was 5.53 million ...

The continued decline of sea ice on the Bering Sea could have implications for everything from carbon export, to the food available to organisms on the ocean floor, to the expansion of fish ranges ...

(MENAFN) The University of Adelaide announced Thursday that rapid declines in Arctic sea ice could reduce bowhead whales’ summer feeding grounds by as much as 75% by century’s end.