Arctic daily sea ice extent continued to hover near record daily lows in January, with the ice edge well northward of its long-term average position in most areas. In contrast to the cold conditions ...

You had to catch a plane to Kangerlussuaq, a tiny town 320 kilometres away and the site of a former US Air Force base and, from there, fly in a hair-raising turboprop. Even the official visitor ...

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A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...

A wintry mess is heading to the mid-Atlantic region with forecasts of heavy snow and ice accumulations prompting warnings of ...

As new sea passages open up, the commercial and defence possibilities are becoming irresistible. To take advantage, America desperately needs ships ...

(Andreas Preusser/Alfred-Wegener-Institut) As Arctic sea ice continues to thin and shrink, an essential feature of its ecosystem—pressure ridges—is becoming increasingly rare, saysa recent ...

Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), the University of Strasbourg, the Niels Bohr Institute (NBI), the Swiss Federal Institute WSL and other universities. Fire and ice are related ...

Polar bear fur contains a natural oil that prevents ice accumulation Study finds washed fur loses its ice-resistant properties, confirming the Discovery could lead to sustainable anti-icing coatings ...

When you are on top, you have to expect challengers to come and try to knock you off your pedestal. That is something the NHL’s league leading Winnipeg Jets have to keep in mind as they prepare ...

CANBY MINN .- A vehicle broke through the ice on a Yellow Medicine lake in southwestern Minnesota Sunday but the driver was uninjured. The Yellow Medicine Sheriff’s Department says a vehicle broke ...

Increased crevassing has the potential to speed up the loss of ice from Greenland. Study co-author Professor Ian Howat, Director of the Byrd Polar & Climate Research Center at The Ohio State Unive ...