A Dec. 26, 2024, Instagram post shows maps of purported Antarctic sea ice extent, or area, from Dec. 24, 1979, and the same day in 2024. Text above the graphic says the extent was larger in 2024 than ...

Scientists are beginning to take clear sides on whether or not to use human-made interventions to preserve polar ice, such as ...

A review of the five main methods proposed for cooling down the poles or slowing the loss of ice concludes they are all ...

The claim: Polar sea ice extents show climate change is a 'scam' A Dec. 23, 2024, Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a map of Antarctic sea ice extent, or area, with color coding that ...

Satellite laser ranging revealed ocean mass growth as the main driver of rising seas. Melting land ice now dominates ...

The dive was part of a research diving course, and the objective was to monitor the effects of climate change on Arctic sea ...

Proposed "geoengineering" projects designed to reduce the impacts of global warming in polar regions would be ineffective, ...

In late April and early May, mainstream media outlets ran dozens of stories discussing the findings of a recent study that showed Antarctica’s ice mass was growing. The outlets called the ice and snow ...

Bowhead whales are endemic to the icy waters of the Arctic and prefer living in shallow waters near sea ice, filtering krill and tiny crustaceans called copepods for food. However, the Arctic is ...

Understanding past sea level change is necessary for predicting future sea level rise. The main contributors to sea level variability are ice sheet change, ocean water temperature change (e.g., ...

Arctic ice, being in its worst state in the last four decades, spells doom for the world with cold snaps and aggravated ...

It’s one of the most pressing questions facing climate scientists today: how vulnerable are the vast ice caps on Greenland and Antarctica to rising temperatures? An unfathomable amount of ice is ...