This year's Arctic sea ice peak is the lowest in the 47-year satellite record, according to data released by the US National ...

NASA's most ambitious Arctic voyage to date has revealed surprisingly high concentrations of ice particles in clouds over Greenland, a clue that may help explain why Arctic ice is melting even ...

The Arctic ice is slowly melting ... positioning Russia to become the dominant power in the region. The following chart from The Heritage Foundation's 2015 Index of Military Strength shows ...

Those temperatures have a particularly damaging effect in the Arctic. Sea ice covers more than 14 million square kilometers (5.6 million square miles) at its maximum point each year. The ice sheet ...

And what happens in the Arctic trickles down to those who reside on the rest of the planet. "If the sea ice disappears, the Arctic will warm faster and the planet will warm faster," Lehner said ...

The Arctic is losing sea ice at an unprecedented rate, with 12% melting each decade, pushing towards an alarming ice-free milestone as soon as 2027, according to a Nature Communications study.