The agency says its new dataset is better, but ice measurements will take time. “Bad news for climate monitoring,” one scientist lamented. Researchers studying the long-term effects of climate change ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NOAA's report describes how climate change is scrambling ecosystems and threatening livelihoods in the Arctic region. (Patrick ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, Iceland. Pexels The Arctic endured a year of record heat and shrunken sea ice as the world’s northern ...

Vital Arctic sea ice shrank to tie its lowest measured level for the winter, the season when ice grows, as a warming Earth shattered records across the continents. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...

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

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The Arctic and Antarctic sea ice extent were the smallest on record for January, the National ...

The Arctic region is melting faster than ever and the dire consequences are spreading worldwide, an international team of scientists warned Tuesday with the release of a closely watched annual ...

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, ...

I walked out onto the frozen Arctic water off Utqiagvik, Alaska, for the first time, I was mesmerized by the icescape. Piles of blue and white sea-ice rubble several feet high gave way to flat areas ...

There is reason to expect that global temperatures will continue to increase over the remainder of the year, as a strong El ...