For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ...

Melting sea ice has been a challenge for wildlife in the Arctic and Antarctic. A recent study published in Global Change ...

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?

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.

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

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.

She thought it might be a six-gill shark, which can be found in deep ocean waters throughout the world. She sent a picture of the shark to her Ph.D. advisor, Demian Chapman, a director at Mote ...

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 ...

Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated ocean warming, faster loss ...

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 ...

A recent study is shedding light on the ongoing accumulation of mercury pollution in the Arctic — despite the international ...

In the PBS series, Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures, ... how it affects the Arctic and how it may affect animals in the Arctic. Sea Ice Change ...