This summer will see record low Arctic ice and Russia has stolen a march on militarizing the strategic region.

Equally worrying, Russia has increased its naval cooperation with China and given Beijing access, and a stake, in the Arctic.

The meltdown extends beyond the Arctic. Antarctica recently flirted with a record low in its own annual sea ice minimum – ...

A major ocean current in the Arctic, the Beaufort Gyre, is changing rapidly due to climate warming—and this could trigger a ...

Arctic shipping lanes, mineral mining, and fossil-fuel extraction all have the attention of China, Russia, and other nations as melting sea ice and land glaciers expose more and more of the Arctic ...

The Arctic, the northernmost area of the planet, has remained largely isolated for centuries. However, as climate change accelerates the melting of ice caps, new strategic opportunities are ...

New Autonomous System to Monitor Arctic's Melting Ice Feb. 10, 2025 — Researchers have designed an alternative, autonomous observational method to monitor the Arctic's melting ice, which holds ...

This will further warm the region, accelerating ice melt and exposing even more water to the light. This feedback loop helps explain the rapid warming of the Arctic, and it is expected to lead to ...