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Sea ice breaks apart as the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica traverses the Northwest Passage through the Victoria Strait in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in a Friday, July 21, 2017, file photo.
Climate Change
Sea ice plays a crucial role in cooling the planet. It’s melting at record-breaking rates.
Grease ice dampens ripples in the water near a golden orange sunset.
Into the Thaw: Decoding Thwaites Glacier
Antarctica dispatch 8: Behold grease, shuga and pancake ice
Three people walk across ground covered in ice and snow as the horizon stretches behind them.
The Big Melt
As Greenland’s ice sheet melts, scientists push to learn ‘how fast’
sea ice
The Big Melt
Ice is us: Alaska Natives face the demise of the Arctic ice pack
Wind patterns in the ice pack that covers the Arctic Ocean north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska on March 18, 2011.
Science
Sea ice has hit new record lows at both poles
Ice scientists Ken Golden and Chris Polashenski drill a plastic tube into the Arctic ice cap north of Alaska as part of their research into melt ponds that form on the ice every spring. The ponds play a key role in the accellerated warming of the Arctic,
Environment
A scientist unlocks one of the mysteries of Arctic ice melt
The European Space Agency’s Earth Explorer CryoSat makes precise measurements of changes in the thickness of marine ice floating in the polar oceans, as well as variations in the thickness of the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica.
Environment
On a long downward slide, scientists say 2013 was an up year for Arctic Ice
Greenland Melt Music
Environment
Scientists reveal startling decrease in Arctic Ocean ice cover
Swimming Polar Bear
Greenland Melt Music
Arctic Summit
Environment
Video: Filming Underwater ‘Icicles of Death’ in Antarctica
Arctic Melting Speeds Up Rising Sea Levels
SHRINKING POLAR PACK ICE
Emerging Science Note/Arctic Shrubs
Arctic Ice
Arctic ice may soon disappear