Tuesday is "Arctic Sea Ice Day," created underscore the needs of animals in northern Canada threatened by Arctic sea ice melt ...

The Arctic is the early warning system for climate change and the loss of sea ice is a clear sign it’s in trouble, scientists say. It should be reaching its annual maximum levels of ice at this ...

The NSIDC said the measurement of sea ice taken Saturday, March 22, 2025, was 5.53 million square miles — around 30,000 square miles smaller than the lowest previous peak, set in 2017.

The Steller's sea cow went extinct in 1768, ... and he had to constantly deal with arctic foxes that were trying to eat the carcass and steal his pens and paper, Domning said.

Arctic sea ice’s biggest year since record-keeping began was 1979, at 6.42 million square miles (16.64 million square kilometers). That means since satellites began tracking it, ...

Overall, Arctic sea ice area has declined for every month since 1979, according to National Snow and Ice Data Center data. Sea ice area on April 29 in both 1989 and 2024 was well below the 1979 ...

Typically, sometime in March every year at the end of the long Arctic winter, the maximum of Arctic sea ice extent is reached. Slowly through spring, then accelerating through summer, most of that ...

Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has reached its minimum extent following the summer melt season, and coverage is not as low as it has been in recent years, scientists said Wednesday.

Arctic sea ice experienced its weakest winter buildup on record, with a peak measurement of 5.53 million square miles, 30,000 square miles smaller than the previous low in 2017.