Ice plays a vital role in reflecting away planet-warming sunlight. The Arctic is warming much faster than most other parts of ...

The Arctic should be reaching its annual maximum levels of sea ice at this time of year, but instead it’s at record lows, missing an amount ice twice the size of Texas compared to average levels ...

Arctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year, at 14.29 million square kilometers (5.52 million square miles) on March 15, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data ...

The Arctic sea ice maximum this year effectively tied for the lowest ever on record, with major implications for polar ecosystems and global warming ...

After Arctic sea ice grew through this past fall and winter, it reached its maximum extent — and it tied for the lowest on ...