The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on the planet, and as a result, sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is decreasing. Sea ice loss has far-reaching effects on the planet because the ice helps ...

Arctic sea ice is melting fast, weakening a key ocean current called the Beaufort Gyre. If it releases too much freshwater, it could disrupt the vital AMOC, which helps regulate climate across the ...

Researcher Céline Heuzé from the University of Gothenburg, together with colleagues Marylou Athanase and Raphael Köhler from Germany, has studied the future of one of the major ocean currents in the ...

The first flight of Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket ended in dramatic fashion today. Germany-based Isar Aerospace attempted to launch the first orbital rocket from European soil on Sunday morning ...

And these are real concerns for the United States, rooted in climate change: As polar ice melts away, superpowers are vying for newly open shipping routes in the Arctic Ocean and largely ...

Beyond remote islands, ocean currents carry bits of plastic to other unexpected places, too. Scientists recently reported finding "abundant and widespread" plastic waste in the Arctic Ocean ...

Chapter 9: Ocean, Cryosphere, and Sea Level Change. Retrieved on November 25, 2024. Kinnard C, Zdanowicz CM, Fisher DA, Isaksson E, de Vernal A and Thompson LG (2011) Reconstructed changes in Arctic ...

The Arctic Ocean likely had the smallest winter ice cover in 47 years of satellite records this season, with just 5.53 million square miles of sea ice covering the region at its peak on March 22 ...