Arctic sea ice hit its second straight record-low winter peak in 2026, driven by unusually warm conditions in key regions.

Wildfires hit record: Arctic wildfires are now at their highest levels in 3,000 years, fueled by warming, drying tundra and expanding shrub cover. Ice melt surges: Greenland’s ice sheet melt has ...

Arctic sea ice has hit a record low following unusually warm temperatures in two key areas, Japan's National Institute of ...

Arctic sea ice cover has shrunk to its lowest level since satellite observations started in 1979, marking one of the most ...

Melting glaciers and ice sheets are raising sea levels while the Arctic is poised to log one of its worst winters on record. Here are some key points about the planet's ice as human-induced global ...

When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ocean currents and affects temperatures in places far from the poles. But ...

TORONTO A chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canada's northern Arctic, another dramatic indication of how warmer temperatures are changing the ...

A huge flood triggered by the rapid draining of a lake beneath the Greenland ice sheet occurred with such force that it fractured the ice above and burst out across its surface. A huge flood triggered ...

Mountain glaciers alone lost about 9.18 trillion tonnes of ice between 1976 and 2024, according to a 2025 study - Copyright AFP/File Fabrice COFFRINI Mountain ...