A major ocean current in the Arctic is faster and more turbulent ... The results reveal a delicate balance between wind and ocean as the sea ice pack recedes under climate change.

They found that the sea ice speeds up where the Transpolar Drift Stream, one of the Arctic's Ocean major currents, ends and the fast-moving East Greenland Current, which forms due to a combination ...

Over the past several decades, the Arctic has warmed four times faster than the rest of the world, a 2022 study showed. There has already been a rapid loss of sea ice in the region, with September ...

This rising water level is not a distant threat; it is a current reality that demands attention and action. The disappearance of sea ice poses a direct threat to Arctic wildlife, which relies on ...

with current global climate pledges putting the planet on track for more than 2.6 C of warming by the end of the century. That means the Arctic’s first ice-free day is likely to occur within two ...

Last month was extreme: Temperatures in parts of the Arctic spiked 36 degrees Fahrenheit, or 20 Celsius, above normal. By the end of the month, sea ice was at its lowest level ever recorded for ...

The Arctic is warming at three to four times the global average. However, new research suggests the slowing of a key ocean current could ... As sea ice melts, polar bears face habitat loss ...

"The mid- to late 2030s is more plausible, at least as far as having one year reach an ice-free state," Meier said. If the world continues on its current emissions path, the Arctic might become ...