Satellite data reveal a link between the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere and rates of Antarctic sea ice loss in recent years.

Extremely low sea ice levels in the Arctic and Antarctica signal a "new normal" that may accelerate global warming and ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that the Transpolar Drift, a major Arctic current, is far more dynamic than once thought. As ...

Sea ice extent in the Arctic has decreased by about 40 percent since 1979. New technologies are being deployed to regrow it.

Could an enormous blue whale make a mistake and swallow a dolphin? Learn why it's not possible for blue whales to eat ...

All in all, these records show that Earth's global average temperature has increased by about 1.8 F (1 C) since the ...

A new study has shed unprecedented light on the highly variable and climate-sensitive routes that substances from Siberian rivers use to travel across the Arctic Ocean. The findings raise fresh ...

Traversing the ice-bound sea lane across the Arctic Ocean connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans had long been a dream of ...

Historically, there have been four oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic. On Feb. 9, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum announced the Gulf of Mexico had officially been changed to ...

While gray whales are adaptable and have lived through previous climatic changes — although nothing as rapid as the current ...

The geysers are believed to be venting from an ocean of liquid below the icy surface of the moon. Liquid water, organic molecules, and energy sources impart high hopes for extraterrestrial life on ...