Arctic cyclones may be accelerating sea ice loss by breaking ice into smaller pieces and driving upwelling of warm water. A study links these storms to rapid ice depletion and suggests that tropopause ...

The GLIMS initiative has created a unique glacier inventory, storing information about the extent and rates of change of all the world's mountain glaciers and ice caps. The GLIMS Glacier Database was ...

Polar bear fur contains a natural oil that prevents ice accumulation Study finds washed fur loses its ice-resistant properties, confirming the Discovery could lead to sustainable anti-icing coatings ...

This is due to increased melting from the ice ... to speed up the loss of ice from Greenland. Study co-author Professor Ian Howat, Director of the Byrd Polar & Climate Research Center at The ...

Polar bear fur’s natural ability to resist ice formation could pave the way for safer, more sustainable solutions to prevent ice buildup across industries such as aviation and renewable energy, ...

Arctic daily sea ice extent continued to hover near record daily lows in January, with the ice edge well northward of its long-term average position in most areas. In contrast to the cold conditions ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The mid-January Arctic blast brought frigid temperatures, helping to firm up a good quantity of ice on Lake Michigan. With the sunshine and more mild conditions over ...

Workers test one of the polar station’s 15 escape hatches ... of fresh water currently locked up in the Greenland ice cap melt into the ocean. If that happens, the impacts will be felt nearly ...

U.S. Coast Guard members and scientists exit Coast Guard Cutter Healy to walk on the ice for an ice survey north of Barrow, Alaska, on Oct. 2, 2018. (NyxoLyno Cangemi/U.S. Coast Guard) MILAN ...

Greenland, a gigantic island in the North Atlantic that is a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, has taken on strategic importance in recent years as Arctic ice melts, opening up shipping lanes ...

The only reason they were able to make this discovery is because of the melting ice patch. "I'm thrilled because it's a window on the past. It tells us what this high-elevation environment was ...