Summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean might be gone by the 2030s, no matter what we do to curb emissions of greenhouse gases, ... What does this mean for the people and animals who live in the Arctic?

Issues surrounding polar ice have long been a topic of concern. Scientists make surprising discovery after studying ice in ...

The Arctic Ocean may be the world's smallest, ... Terrestrial animals like polar bears rely on sea ice to traverse the landscape in search of food and to hunt, particularly seals.

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For comparison, recent years have seen the Arctic Ocean with a minimum sea ice cover in September of around 1,274,000 square miles, ... These animals depend on sea ice for their survival.

Other animals, like diving seabirds, walruses and seals, then eat those animals, providing this year-round transfer of sea ice carbon into the food web to fuel the ecosystem. 'We think this might be ...

We propose that the Arctic Ocean monument encompass all U.S. federal waters (3-200 miles offshore) from the Northern Bering Sea north along the Russia-U.S. maritime boundary, and east to the ...

Now, new research has found that Arctic Ocean sea ice is shrinking even faster than previously thought — and that the Arctic may start to see its first “ice-free” days within the current decade.

Should the Arctic ice continue to melt, sea levels will rise. Higher temperatures in the Arctic could affect weather in parts of North America, Europe and Asia with extreme rainfall and heat waves.

At the surface, the Arctic Ocean is pure serenity: chunk after chunk of bright-white ice, lazily floating around. What you can’t see is that its underside is covered in green snot, à la the ...