Polar Journal AG is expanding its reach by introducing a new political section focused on the complex political landscape of ...

A new study published in Nature reveals 'evidence for rapid, interacting and sometimes self-perpetuating changes in the ...

Within the rolling waters of the Arctic, there's a world brimming with mystery. Organisms twinkle like festive ornaments and ...

For sea ice scientists, September is the time for polar highs and lows. Around mid-month, the Antarctic winter sea ice approaches its highest extent, while the Arctic summer thaw melts the region ...

A new study warns that irreversible changes happening in Antarctica, which are caused by climate change, could cause global ...

One of North America’s leading Arctic research entities just turned 10 years old. Or 10 years “young,” as one of its ...

Ice sheets covering both the Arctic and Antarctic could melt more quickly than expected this century, according to two studies that blend computer modeling with paleoclimate records. Led by scienti… ...

Forecasters say the region’s sea ice will dwindle to a strip above Greenland and Canada. There, polar bears and others will ...

The melting of ice is actually slowing down the deep ocean circulation around Antarctica. This system of deep currents, known ...

Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent on Sept. 19, 2023, making it the sixth-lowest year in the satellite record ...

Federal officials have long seen Alaska as key to the nation's national security, with concerns rising as Russia and China ...