From more frequent wildfires to rising sea levels, climate change is disrupting ecosystems and upending once-stable weather ...

The Arctic Ocean, though smallest, significantly influences global climate and hosts unique wildlife. Surrounded by Eurasia, ...

The dramatic loss of sea ice around Antarctica has occurred with the re-emergence of the Maud Rise polynya in the Weddell Sea ...

Scientists link Antarctic record sea ice loss to an unexplained spike in ocean salt levels, raising concerns about ocean stability.

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

The sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is an important climate indikator, in particular the summer ice. The September sea ice extent ...

When it comes to Arctic apex predators, the polar bear is the first animal that typically comes to mind. It’s a top predator, ...

Evidence of algae growth and climate simulations reveal the Arctic had seasonal ice, not a permanent ice shelf, for much of ...

Current climate models have so far been unable to adequately reproduce the clouds over the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.

Amid intensifying climate shifts, geopolitical tensions and a scramble for new trade corridors, the Arctic shipping route is ...

For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ice ages. Now, a new study published in Science Advances challenges this idea ...

Ocean scientists knew 2025 was off to a rough start when the fiftieth gray whale carcass washed onto a Washington beach even ...