Ice plays a vital role in reflecting away planet-warming sunlight. The Arctic is warming much faster than most other parts of the world.

The Arctic should be reaching its annual maximum levels of sea ice at this time of year, but instead it’s at record lows, missing an amount ice twice the size of Texas compared to average levels ...

The sea ice is crucial to Earth’s climate because without it reflecting sunlight, more heat energy goes into the oceans. Ice of all kinds around the poles acts as Earth’s refrigerator.

Scientists warned for decades that the Arctic would lose its summer ice, and now research shows the first ice-free day could happen as early as 2027. That's way earlier than most predictions from just ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With global warming leading to rapid Arctic sea ice melting, the effects of a changing climate are also hitting glaciers ...

For the second consecutive year, winter sea ice in the Arctic reached a level that matches the lowest peak observed since satellite monitoring began in 1979. On March 15, Arctic sea ice extent reached ...

Polar bears are struggling to survive as Arctic ice disappears, limiting food, reducing habitat, and pushing their ability to adapt.

Right now, the Arctic is maxing out on sea ice – the cold of winter has built up over months of darkness, and ice has spread as far south as it will all year. It’s the North Pole’s sea ice maximum, ...