Another year of low sea ice is shaping Arctic weather patterns, and Minnesota is feeling the effects. Plus, it's putting ...

This decline of summer sea ice area has a multitude of effects, from changing local ecosystems to allowing more shipping through the Arctic Ocean. It also enhances global warming, because the loss of ...

In the coming decades, climate change is likely to lead to a loss of sea ice in and an influx of warmer water to the Arctic ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. A haze of ice crystals in the air created a halo around the low sun as three snowmobiles thundered onto the ...

This winter, temperatures are expected to be similar to or slightly higher than the seasonal average. However, due to the reduction in Arctic sea ice ...

Arctic Passages: Ice, Exploration and the Battle for Power at the Top of the World. By Kieran Mulvaney. Island Press; 240 pages; $30 and £24 Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions in Search ...

Scientists fear warming is driving a collapse in the ocean currents that shape climate far and wide. The ice-choked waters ...