New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ...

The dramatic loss of sea ice around Antarctica has occurred with the re-emergence of the Maud Rise polynya in the Weddell Sea ...

As Arctic sea ice melts, Russia is racing to control new trade routes, extract untapped resources, and cement its military ...

Sometimes, discoveries are made by mistake. Recently, NASA ended up finding a 60-year-old structure hidden under the ice in ...

Seasonal sea ice forms and melts every year creating openings in the ice with open water where life can continue to thrive.

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An arctic vault holds digital back-ups of some of humanity's great works of art, history and technology. Scientists in the high Arctic are lifting their labs into the air to avoid damage from melting ...

In the last few decades, the Arctic sea ice has receded ever further, including increasingly in winter when the extent of sea ...

Led by the European Research Council Synergy Grant project Into the Blue – i2B, the research team studied sediment cores collected from the seafloor ...