As the ice melts, the barriers that once kept conflict at bay are also dissolving. What rises in their place is a new geopolitical frontier, where commercial ambition, climate transformation, and ...

Environmental groups first petitioned the federal government to list the ringed seal along with two others under the ...

Because of an unstable polar vortex, experts have projected record low levels of Arctic sea ice for the coming winter.

Almost two-thirds of the world's population is affected by the monsoon—the annual arrival of intense rains in areas north and ...

Contained in the new federal spending law formerly known as the "Big Beautiful Bill" is funding for 17 icebreakers, 21 cutters, more than 40 helicopters and six large patrol airplanes, Coast Guard ...

Satellite observations have revealed that sea ice in the Arctic is once again hovering near record lows for this time of year ...

The SSMIS data are used as input for this NSIDC-produced data set, which will therefore stop processing after 31 July 2025.

The following is the July 2, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for ...

making the ice melt faster. In the background, Western’s Director of Visual Media Production Sean Curtis Patrick will be recording videos of the team for a documentary film. Oh, and then there’s ...

As melting sea ice reveals new trade routes, resources and battlegrounds, the Kola Bay is emerging as one of Russia’s most ...

Melting polar ice is slowing the Earth’s rotation, but not enough to offset an even greater acceleration caused by changes in ...

Paris agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius was thought to be the threshold for averting severe ...